According to Newtons 3rd Law,each team in a tug of war pulls equal force on the other team.which team win?

Question

According to Newtons 3rd Law,each team in a tug of war pulls equal force on the other team.which team win?

Answer 1

The force on the rope will be the same, because the force=the sum of both teams, however each teams force does not have to be =.

Answer 2

Neither as long as both teams moved with equal inertia simultaneously. After this, the first team to tire will lose the match.

Answer 3

No one wins.

bcoz they pull a same amount of force to each other.

action force=reaction force

that's why when u punch the wall, the wall also exert the same value of force to ur hand, then u feel pain.

hope my answer helps.

Answer 4

which ever tires first.

Answer 5

Newton's third law doesn't apply to a tug-o-war.

If ten scrawny skinny geeks were having a tug-o-war with ten huge muscular guys, who do you think will win?

Answer 6

Well, obviously, if the force from each team were equal, *neither* would win. It would end in a draw.

In order for one team to win, the "net" force (on the rope at least) cannot be zero. One team MUST have more force than the other to avoid a draw! But how is this possible, under Newton's Third Law!?

The tricky part is that while forces do, indeed come in equal, opposing pairs, Newton doesn't specify exactly "who is pushing who." It's not always clear where those pairs occur!

To understand this better, let's say that instead of teams, two racecars are pulling at the ends of the rope. What happens when we suddenly cut the rope with a big pair of scissors? Each racecar is then pulling against.........what? Pulling against *Nothing*, are they?

Actually, what's important here is that the cars' tires are pushing against the *Earth*, and the Earth pushes back in an equal and opposite way. This explains why the cars would quickly accelerate down the road once the rope is cut.

To be more specific, the Third Law is a statement of "Conservation of Momentum," not conservation of force. The exact wording is "for every action there is an equal and opposite....." not "for every force."

A consequence of this is that the total of ALL the forces in a system must zero, but the total of SOME of the forces doesn't necessarily need to be! The force the two team apply on the rope isn't ALL the forces in the system, so one team may be able to apply more force than the other. But once you also add up the force that the Earth applies to the feet each team, plus the force that the teams apply to each other, the result is indeed zero.

Considering only the forces on the rope, isn't considering the the whole system.

~WOMBAT

Answer 7

you cant apply this law to a tug of war because there are too many variables. in order for this law to be true when applied to a tug of war.. every member on each side must weigh the same and have the same strength and stamina. and this in real life, is obviously not the case. in real tug of war, everyone is different and has different strengths and stamina levels, thats how a winning team is determined.  

Answer 8

the one which lets go off the rope , letting the other fall

Answer 9

Yes. According to Newton's third law of motion both teams will pull with the same amount of force as the other. The thing that makes the difference is:

1> The mass provided. Take the example of a bullet and a rifle. When you shoot, the bullet pushes back on the rifle as hard as the rifle pushes on it. But why does the bullet move forward, and not us? Its because of the Newton's 2nd law of motion, F=ma, or a=F/m. The force is equal, but lower the mass, greater the acceleration of the body, from this equation. So the rifle and the shooter, who obviously has a greater mass than that of the bullet, does not move much, and the bullet shoots forward. So, the lower the mass, the greater the acceleration, or greater the force, greater the acceleration.

2> Other forces. If you analyze the forces provided by a tug of war participant, you will see he is pulling the rope, and also pusjing on the ground. This is the thing that makes the difference. The team with the strongest legs wins, not the strongest arms. So you can relate this back to the previous equation, a=F/m. You have a higher force, a lower mass, and you win tug of war.

Hope you understand.

Answer 10

The team to give up last will win.

Answer 11

The teams will start out by pulling an equal amount but as it progresses one team will eventually get weaker or stronger thus on team wins.

Answer 12

Neither one, they will cancel each other out.

Answer 13

The team that pushes hardest on the ground will win.  

Imagine two teams, one team on grass, one team on ice.  The team on grass will definatley win because they can push harder on the ground.  

Answer 14

The team that can maintain that force for the longest time.

Mass, energy, and time all influence the equation.