Question

Two people are pulling on a rope, like in the picture below. The person on the left pulls at 5 N and the person on the right pulls 5 N. What is the net force on the rope?

Answer 1

The net force would be zero. Because a perfectly equal amount of force is being exerted on opposing sides of the rope, the forces would cancel out, resulting in a net force of zero.

Answer 2

The net force is 0

Step-by-step explanation:

because both people on either side are pulling the rope with the same force