Tug of War

Tug of War#

In a game of tug of war, two teams pull on opposite sides of a rope to tug the opposing team towards them. One team is made of 4 children. Their weights are 63 lb, 70 lb, 56 lb, 58 lb, and they pull with forces of 104 N, 124 N, 141 N, 99 N. On the other side, a params.adultWeight lb adult pulls the rope with a force of params.adultForce N.

Part 1#

What is the acceleration of the rope with the people? Give a positive answer if it moves towards the adult, and negative if it moves towards the children.

Answer Section#

Please enter in a numeric value in m/s2.

Attribution#

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