Opi and Amotek have been commissioned by the Pharaoh to build a new pyramid. The

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Opi and Amotek have been commissioned by the Pharaoh to build a new pyramid. The largest stones
they are going to use have a mass of 2500 kg. In order to get the stones up and into place Opi has
decided to build a ramp, and instead of using thousands of "workers" he has instead came up with
the brilliant idea to turn one of Pharaoh's war chariots upside down at the top of the ramp whose base
is 200m long, string a heavy rope over the grooved wheel, tie one end around the stone at the bottom
of the ramp, and then hang baskets full of sand from the end of the rope hanging off the ramp.
Instead of thousands of "workers" Opi has instead "hired" 25 "guest workers" from Judea. Each
worker has a basket and can carry 60 kg of sand up the ramp to be hung from the rope. However to
save on cost each %u201Cworker%u201D only has one basket, and they must hang their basket as a counter
weight, then recover it from the base of the pyramid. The "workers" will have to make several trips
for each stone, (the length of the ramp is longer then the height) so Amotek mad a brake so the 2500
kg stone won't slide back down the ramp. The only thing that Opi and Amotek still need to know is
how High they can build the pyramid using this ramp system. (assume each stone is 1 meter tall)
(show your work step by step, please.

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