Humpty and Dumpty attempt a tug-of-war with a 16-meter-long rope standing on a smooth frictionless surface. Upon pulling the rope, how far will each one of them slide before they meet each other, if their mass is exactly the same?

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Gauge Shah

19 March, 11:10

Humpty and Dumpty attempt a tug-of-war with a 16-meter-long rope standing on a smooth frictionless surface. Upon pulling the rope, how far will each one of them slide before they meet each other, if their mass is exactly the same?

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Chubs · Answer 1

8meters

Explanation:

if it is a true frictionless surface then. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction if both their mass are the same then they should both travel the same distance 16/2=8