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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2021🎓 HS🔄 Round 4#️⃣ Question 19🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

An inclined plane with an ideal mechanical advantage of 4 is fitted with a pulley system with an ideal mechanical advantage of 5 to form a single complex machine. Ben finds that when he uses the machine to slide a block up, the actual mechanical advantage is 3.7. Expressed as a percentage to the nearest tenth, what is the efficiency of the machine?

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