Question

In a tug of war, team A pulls the rope with a force of 50 N and team B pulls with a force of 45 N in the opposite direction. Which of the following statement is true regarding the result of this game?
The net force on the rope is 15N
Team A is the winner.
Team B is the winner
The game was a draw.

Answer 1

Answer:

Correct statement : Team A is the winner.

Explanation:

As per the provided information in the given question, we have :

• Team A pulls the rope with a force of 50 N.
• Team B pulls with a force of 45 N in the opposite direction.

We are asked to find the statements which of the following statement is true regarding the result of this gam.

First statement : The net force on the rope is 15N.

Whenever two forces act on body in opposite directions then,

$\rm { F = F_{(Greater \; force)} -F_{(Smaller \; force)} }$

$\rm { F = (50-45) \; N }$

$\bf { F = 5 \; N }$

Henceforth, the net force is 5 N. So, this statement is wrong.

Second statement : Team A is the winner.

Since, team A pulls with greater force than team B. Thus, team A is the winner.

This statement is correct.

Third and the fourth statement :

As the 2nd statement is correct that team A is the winner. So,neither the team B won nor the game was a draw. Thus ,both these two statements are wrong.

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More Information :

Whenever two forces act on body in same directions then,

$\bf { F = F_1 + F_2 + \dots F_n }$

Whenever two forces act on body in two opposite directions then,

$\bf { F = F_{(Greater \; force)} -F_{(Smaller \; force)} }$