In a tug-of-war contest,two men pull on a horizontal rope from opposite sides. The winner will be the man who

  • A
    exerts greater force on the rope
  • B
    exerts greater force on the ground
  • C
    exerts a force on the rope which is greater than the tension in the rope
  • D
    makes a smaller angle with the vertical

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