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Force cart. Children joining at 9 children. Team pull 15.2 units, Pull needed 10 units. Currently team pull is over by 5.2 units.TUNINGMASSTEAM PULLPULL NEEDED9 CHILDREN
t = 0.0s

Team pull

15.2units

Pull needed

10units

9 children

Force cart. Children joining at 9 children. Team pull 15.2 units, Pull needed 10 units. Currently team pull is over by 5.2 units.

What has to balanceF1+F2=FtotalF_1 + F_2 = F_{total}

What is happening

You arrive at a sports-day tug of war where the rope has not moved all afternoon.

The marker has not shifted all afternoon. Every child pulls with one unit of force, the blue team is already pulling with 6 units, and the rope only moves once the pull reaches 10.