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)
Responses
140 N
140 N
-30 N
-30 N
250 N
250 N
30 N
The net force applied to the rope can be calculated by adding the forces applied to the left (-110 N) and the forces applied to the right (+140 N).
-110 N + 140 N = 30 N
Therefore, the net force applied to the rope is 30 N.