Lifting a bale of cotton is no easy task. farmer jones wanted to store the cotton in the loft of his barn but he could not budge the bale. he consulted the high school's science teacher for . she suggested a simple machine.
farmer jones' options included an inclined plane, a fixed pulley, a block and tackle, and a lever. if he had to lift the bale of cotton to a height of fifteen feet, which would be the most practical solution?
a) lever
b) screw
c) inclined plane
d) block and tackle (pulley)

Ablock of mass m = 2.5 kg is attached to a spring with spring constant k = 740 n/m. it is initially at rest on an inclined plane that is at an angle of theta= 26 with respect to the horizontal, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the plane is uk = 0.17. in the initial position, where the spring is compressed by a distance of d = 0.16 m, the mass is at its lowest position and the spring is compressed the maximum amount. take the initial gravitational energy of the block as zero. the block's initial mechanical energy is 9.472 j. b. if the spring pushes the block up the incline, what distance l in meters will the block travel before coming to rest? the spring remains attached to both the block and the fixed wall throughout its motion.