In a tug-of-war contest, two men pull on a horizontal rope from opposite sides. The winner will be the man who

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In a tug-of-war contest, two men pull on a horizontal rope from opposite sides. The winner will be the man who (A) exerts greater force on the rope (B) exerts greater force on the ground (C) exerts a force on the rope which is greater than the tension in the rope (D) makes a smaller angle with the vertical

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Forthe‘twomenplusrope’system,theextemalforces are those exerted by the ground on the men, which, by the third law o f motion, are equal to the forces they exert on the ground. The system will move in the direction o f the greater external force.

Q. In a tug-of-war contest, two men pull on a horizontal rope from opposite sides. The winner will be the man who

exerts greater force on the rope

exerts greater force on the ground

exerts a force on the rope which is greater than the tension in the rope

makes a smaller angle with the vertical

Forthe‘twomenplusrope’system,theextemalforces are those exerted by the ground on the men, which, by the third law o f motion, are equal to the forces they exert on the ground. The system will move in the direction o f the greater external force.