Question
During tug of war, Abby felt she was Supergirl and attempted to beat Thomas. Abby with one arm on the rope and the other at her side applied a 100 N force to the left, while Thomas applied a 100 N force with both hands to the right. Which answer correctly identifies whether the force is balanced or unbalanced AND the net force?
Responses
unbalanced; 200 N to the left
unbalanced; 200 N to the left
unbalanced; 0 N
unbalanced; 0 N
balanced; 0 N
balanced; 0 N
balanced; 200 N to the right
balanced; 200 N to the right
Responses
unbalanced; 200 N to the left
unbalanced; 200 N to the left
unbalanced; 0 N
unbalanced; 0 N
balanced; 0 N
balanced; 0 N
balanced; 200 N to the right
balanced; 200 N to the right
Answers
GPT-4o mini
In this tug of war scenario, Abby applies a force of 100 N to the left, while Thomas applies a force of 100 N to the right.
Since the forces are equal in magnitude but act in opposite directions, they are balanced. Therefore, the net force is 0 N.
The correct answer is:
**balanced; 0 N**
Since the forces are equal in magnitude but act in opposite directions, they are balanced. Therefore, the net force is 0 N.
The correct answer is:
**balanced; 0 N**