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General Science / Do the people at the back of Tug Of Wars actually do anything?
« on: 11/01/2009 05:41:58 »
Now I'll be the first to admit, I'm no Tug Of War expert, and most likely never will be [] But let's imagine that there is a 20 per-side Tug Of War going on, do the nineteenth and twentieth men actually do anything to contribute to the pulling? Where does the primary power come from? Is there an exact spot where this can be pin pointed? [] If the nineteenth man was more powerful than the twentieth man, then would it not mean that the twentieth man is basically pulling on the length of rope between him and the ninteenth man? When I say "actually do anything" I don't mean to say that they are doing nothing but would he be doing more or less work than say, the first puller or the second [] []