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According to Newton's third law each team pulls the opposite team with equal force in a game of tug of war. Why then does one team win and the other lose?


A

If team 1 is winning, it is because team 1 is applying a greater force on the rope

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The losing team applies a greater force on the ground

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The losing team is applying a greater force on the rope

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D

None of these

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Solution

The correct option is D

None of these


F1 is the force that the ground applies on team 1 and is equal in magnitude to the force that team 1 applies on the ground similarly F2is the force that the ground applies on team 2.

Let us assume, team 1 is winning, for that to happen, F1 should be greater than T and T should be greater than F2.

F1 should be greater than F2 or in other words, the force that team 1 applies on the ground should be greater in magnitude than the force that team 2 applies on the ground.


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