Two teams are engaged in a tug-of-war. According to Newton’s third law, the red team pulls on the blue team with the same magnitude of force that the blue team pulls on the red team. How, then, can one team win?

Newton's third law states that for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. So as long as both teams pull with the exact same force the flag will stay in the middle and the game will be at a stale-mate.

This will continue until one of the two teams begin to exhaust their energy causing them to not be able to pull with the same force as before. This in term gives the opposing team the upper hand until one of the two win.

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psm22415 psm22415 · Answer 2 · 2022-02-13T07:15:59+01:00

Both the teams are held at their place by the friction between the ground and their feet. If the pulling force as mentioned above exceeds this friction, the losing team experiences a net force and accelerates.

What is Newton’s third law?

If object A exerts a force on object B, then object B must exert a force of equal magnitude and opposite direction back on the object.

When a team pulls the rope, the rope pulls the team.

This was Newton's third law.

When both teams pull in opposite directions, they often don't exert equal forces; the stronger team exerts a larger force.

So the two forces don't balance each other and the rope accelerates towards the stronger team.

The weaker team experiences a net force pulling them.

This force is the sum of (i)The reaction by the rope as mentioned above and (ii) The friction between the rope and the team members' hands.

Both the teams are held at their place by the friction between the ground and their feet. If the pulling force as mentioned above exceeds this friction, the losing team experiences a net force and accelerates.

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