A little boy was playing tug of war with his elder brother; he tried everything but was unsuccessful in pulling the rope towards himself. Eventually, little boy lost the game because:- Statement1: Elder brother was capable of applying a greater force than his younger brother and hence the net force was in a direction to make him win. Statement2: An object moves in the direction of net force acting on it.

His elder brother was able to apply a larger force and hence the net force was in a direction which made the little boy to move towards his brother and lost the game. Motion is in the direction of net force.