Guys!!! Need help in physics question!?

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Guys!!! Need help in physics question!?

Your teacher challenges you and your best friend to each pull a pair of scales attached to the ends of a horizontal rope, in tug-of-war fashion, so that the readings on the scales will differ. Can this be done? Explain.

2007-12-16 04:44:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science

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Not with both of you remaining stationary. If you're allowed to move you can.

2007-12-16 06:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by gcnp58 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It might be cheating but I think you could have one hand on the scale and the other on the rope. Tug-of-war rules clearly allow the use of both hands! You can then vary the amount of pull from each hand.

2007-12-16 12:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by Ken 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋