Tension in Rope A vs. Rope B: Which is More?

[DU145]

Sorry I deleted the template, it doesn't seem to apply much to this particular problem:

A professional strongman ties rope A to a building and pulls as hard as he can on the rope. Two other professional strongmen take either end of rope B and pull in opposite directions as hard as they can. If all strongmen possesses equal strength, how do the tensions in the rope compare?

It's a multiple choice question and the answer listed is: The ropes have the same tension.

This just doesn't seem correct to me, could anyone enlighten me or confirm my doubts? As I see it, if all the strongmen pull with a force of 10N (perhaps we should call these strongmice instead), then clearly rope A would have a tension of 10N, while rope B would have a tension of 20N.

 

[PhanthomJay]

Not as clearly as you think. Just imagine that the wall is a strongman. Whether a strongman or a wall, either would exert the same force on the rope...10N. That's Newton 3. You might want to cut a section thru the rope and draw a Free Body diagram around one of the strongmen, and use Newton 1 for equilibrium.

 

[DU145]

Not as clearly as you think. Just imagine that the wall is a strongman. Whether a strongman or a wall, either would exert the same force on the rope...10N. That's Newton 3. You might want to cut a section thru the rope and draw a Free Body diagram around one of the strongmen, and use Newton 1 for equilibrium.

Thanks for the help, that's just a weird thing to conceptualize.