Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 2 - Section 2.6 - Symmetry and Transformations - Exercises - Page 116: 23b

Answer

If pulley 2 moves clockwise, pulley 1 will move counterclockwise.

Work Step by Step

Because the string/rope/belt is going around the first pulley and crossing and going around the second pulley in a different direction they will both move in different directions.
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