Four children pull on the same stuffed toy at the same time, yet there is no net force on the toy. how is this possible?

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Hadley Lindsey

4 June, 08:53

Four children pull on the same stuffed toy at the same time, yet there is no net force on the toy. how is this possible?

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Oren · Answer 1

There was no net force on the stuffed toy, because the kids might have the same strength, The same force is on both sides of it. T hey cancel each other out. They exert a force on the stuffed toy equal in strength but opposite in direction. The forces are balanced and the stuffed toy does not move. Its like a game of tug-o-war, but you and I have the same strength. the rope would be still and not moving.