Question 14 Marks
In tug of war, the team that exerts a larger tangential force on the ground wins. Consider the period in which a team is dragging the opposite team by applying a larger tangential force on the ground. List which of the following works are positive, which are negative and which are zero?
- Work by the winning team on the losing team.
- Work by the losing team on the winning team.
- Work by the ground on the winning team.
- Work by the ground on the losing team.
- Total external work on the two teams.
Answer
View full question & answer→- Work by the winning team on the losing team is positive, as the displacement of the losing team is along the force applied by the winning team.
- Work by the losing team on the winning team is negative, as the displacement of the winning team is opposite to the force applied by losing team.
- Work by the ground on the winning team is positive.
- Work by the ground on the losing team is negative.
- Total external work on the two teams is positive.