Marcelo and Jesus are playing tug of war. Marcelo is pulling left one end of a rope with 10 N of force. Jesus is pulling the rope in the opposite direction with 12 N of force. Who is pulling the rope harder and by how many more Newtons of force?

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Elinor C. · NJ
Mar 6, 2018

Jesus, by #2# Newtons

Explanation:

Marcelo is pulling with #10 " N"# of force, and Jesus is pulling with #12 " N"# of force.

If you subtract the amount of force Jesus was pulling with, you would get #-2#. Because that is negative, and you can't pull with negative force, (that would be pushing) you can see that Jesus is pulling with more force than Marcelo, so subtract the force Marcelo is pulling with from the force Jesus is pulling with, you would be left with #2 " N"# of force.

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