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The following statement is true; explain it. Two teams are having a tug of war; the team that pushes harder (horizon- tally) against the ground wins.

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In accordance with the Law of Interaction, both the forces that are acting on the rope by the two teams are equal and in opposite directions. Thus, they are cancelling each other despite that there is a winning team. There is a horizontal force that each team member exerts as they push to the ground. The team that pushes harder against the ground will have greater horizontal force and they will have a greater net force.

Therefore, the team which pushes harder against the ground will win the tug of war.\textbf{Therefore, the team which pushes harder against the ground will win the tug of war.}

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