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How long is a rope that is 2 yards shorter than another rope that is three times times the length of the first rope?

1 yard.


What is most important in winning a tug-of-war pulling harder on the rope or pushing harder on the floor?

Both needs equal and opposite power. If the rope slippery, then holding the rope will be more important. If the floor is slippery, then floor not getting slipped is more important.


How many fathoms in a coil of rope?

A fathom is six feet in length. Rope is usually sold in 100 foot coils. As such, a single coil of rope has 16 2/3 fathoms. This can vary, of course, depending on if the coil of rope is really 100 feet, or some other amount.


Cool confusing riddles or challenges to do at home?

1) What do poor people have, rich people want, if you eat you'll die, and it's worse than the devil? 2) The music starts, the man walks, the music stops, the man dies. [You can only ask yes or no questions for this one^^] Answer to both: 1) Nothing 2)The guy was tight rope walking and he was blind. He used the music to know how long the rope was. When the music stopped, he thought the rope ended, fell, and died.


Is displacement more like the length of a rope that is pulled tight or the length of a coiled rope?

Displacement is more like the length of a rope that is pulled tight, since displacement is the direction from the starting point and the length of a straight line from the starting point to the ending point. The length of a coiled rope describes distance, since that is simply the length of the pah between two points.