Answer to Question #233403 in Physics for Ahn

Question

Just follow the instruction.

1. Ask for volunteers

2. One learner would hold a nylon cord at length across two hands.

3. The second learner loops his nylon cord onto the other learner's cord.

4. The second learner pulls slowly on the cord, if the loop is closer to the other learner's hand, how would you feel the pull on each hand, and why? Hint: Stronger force, in this case the tension, must be represented by longer vector.

Answer 1

If I were the first student, I would feel greater tension if the second student pulled stronger.