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Leo L.
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If both you and the sledge are on a frictionless surface, and the rope is massless, then yes, your application of Newton's third law is correct, you will accelerate towards the sledge at 1.6 $m/s^2$.

If you are on rough ground (but the sledge is on a frictionless surface), then the ground exerts the same magnitude of force but at an opposite direction to the tension, such that the net force on you is zero; then you won't move.

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If both you and the sledge are on a frictionless surface, and the rope is massless, then yes, your application of Newton's third law is correct, you will accelerate towards the sledge at 1.6 $m/s^2$.

Welcome to Physics StackExchange!

If both you and the sledge are on a frictionless surface, and the rope is massless, then yes, your application of Newton's third law is correct, you will accelerate towards the sledge at 1.6 $m/s^2$.

If you are on rough ground (but the sledge is on a frictionless surface), then the ground exerts the same magnitude of force but at an opposite direction to the tension, such that the net force on you is zero; then you won't move.

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Leo L.
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Welcome to Physics StackExchange!

If both you and the sledge are on a frictionless surface, and the rope is massless, then yes, your application of Newton's third law is correct, you will accelerate towards the sledge at 1.6 $m/s^2$.