Question

In the game of tug- of -war, the team that pulls the rope harder wins the game. This is because:
(A) The rope moves in the direction of larger force.
(B) The rope moves in the direction of the smaller force.
(C) The rope does not move at all.
(D) The rope moves in the direction of products of the forces.

Answer 1

Hint
In the game those who pull the rope more will win the game. That is they applied more force for pulling. Pulling is an action of force.

Complete step by step answer
We know about Newton’s second law of motion describing the situations when all the forces are not balanced. It states that the force acting on the body is equal to mass times the acceleration due to gravity. Thus the acceleration is proportional to the force we applied. Also acceleration is inversely proportional to the mass of the body. Thus we can explain that when the force applied on the body increases the acceleration is also increased.
We can explain the second law in a different way that the acceleration of the body produced is proportional to the net force we applied and in the direction of the force we applied. Therefore in the game of tug of war, the rope is pulled with a greater force. The more force we apply the more the acceleration of the rope. And the direction of the movement of rope is towards the direction of larger force. The rope moves in the direction of larger force.
The answer is option (A).

Note
We have to note that we are pulling the rope, thus the force is applying towards us. Therefore the movement of the rope will be towards us. The acceleration should be greater in a short time when the force increases.