Stacy and david are having a tug-of-war by pulling on opposite ends of a 5.0 kg rope. stacy pulls with a 15. n force. what is david's force if the rope accelerates toward stacy at 2.0 m/s^2?

Explanation:

If the rope accelerates toward Stacy, then the force David applies is less than that of Stacy does.

By Newton’s Second Law the net force can be calculated.

In that case, David pulls with 15 - 10 = 5N in order the rope to accelerate at 2 m/s^2.