The Tug of War
In a tug of war, each of the two teams apply 1000N force at the ends of a rope, which is found to be in equilibrium, the tension in the rope is -
Assume the rope to be ideal.
Give the answer without the unit of force.
The answer is 1000.
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1 solution
sum up forces horizontal = 0 right side forces = left side forces T = 1000