Question

Two girls were playing tug of war with a rope. Girl 1 pulled the rope towards herself with a force of 36N while Girl 2 pulled the rope towards herself with a force of 42n what could be the answer for this​

Answer 1

Answer:

girl 2 will win as she applies a greater force.

Explanation:

force girl1=36N    

force girl2=42N

 overall force towards girl2=42N-36N=6N

Answer 2

Answer:

(-6) or 6 in the negative direction

Explanation:

I am assuming you want to find the net resultant force.

We will arbitrarily denote girl 1's position as positive and girl 2's position as negative.

Using F1 + F2 + ... + Fn = Fnet (sum of all forces acting on object)

36 + (-42) = a resultant force of (-6) or 6 in the negative direction.