Question

7. Two teams are competing in a tug-of-war contest. Team A is pulling at 4000N and Team B is pulling at 4900N is the opposite direction. Sketch the forces and show the net force exerted. Which team is winning Is this force balanced or unbalanced?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Team B is winning. The force is unbalanced.

Explanation:

Step 1: First we must fix a positive sense to the forces exerted. We take as positive the force of 4900 N.

Step 2: Now we must add forces to determine the value of the resulting force ($F_{r}$).

$F_{r}$ = 4900 N - 4000 N = 900 N

Since $F_{r}$ is positive, team B will win the competition.

The resulting force is unbalanced because if it is balanced it should give 0.

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Answer 2

Basically team B would win since it is exerting a force of 900N unlike team A ( you can tell by doing 4900N minus 4000N ). It is very unbalanced.