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Grade 12Mechanics

The following statement is true, explain it. Two teams are having a tug of war,the team that pushes harder(horizontally) against the ground wins?

Profile image of Faustus yakobo kogoshi
4 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Rani Goswami
4 Years ago
Hello :) 
So the team exerting a horizontal force against the ground will win because see the tension in the string is same at both the sides and according to Newton's third law the team by exerting force on ground will receive the same force from ground and thus would be able to pull the other team across line.
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