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Who wins a tug-of-war one who pushes harder at the ground or pulls harder at the rope
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Who wins a tug-of-war one who pushes harder at the ground or pulls harder at the rope

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i think pulls harder on the rope
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The person that would win tug-of-war would be the person who pushes harder at the ground. Newton's Third Law of Physics is the reason for this - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. 
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