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A student has the equipment shown in the diagram below.

An experimental setup of a block and tackle pulley system with a fixed double pulley block, a moving double pulley block, a load of slotted masses, a Newton meter, and a vertical metre ruler.

Devise an experiment to investigate how the efficiency of this block and tackle pulley system varies with the total weight of the load being lifted.

Your answer should include how you will use your measurements.

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