Question

a group of children are engaged in a game of tug-of-war. the children on the left-hand side of the rope pull with magnitude of 110 n to the left. the children on the right-hand side of the rope pull with a magnitude of 140 n to the right. if you assign a positive value to forces applied to the left and a negative value to forces applied to the right, what is the net force applied to the rope? (1 point) 250 n 30 n -30 n 140 n check answer remaining attempts : 3

Explanation:

Step1: Assign force values

Let \(F_{left} = 110N\) (positive as per the assignment) and \(F_{right}=- 140N\) (negative as per the assignment).

Step2: Calculate net force

The net force \(F_{net}=F_{left}+F_{right}\). Substitute the values: \(F_{net}=110+( - 140)\).
Using the rule of addition of integers \(a+( - b)=a - b\), we get \(F_{net}=110 - 140=-30N\).

Answer:

-30 N