A man is pulling on a rope attached to a block on a smooth horizontal table. The tension in the rope will be the same at all points

  • A

    If and only if the rope is not accelerated

  • B

    If and only if the rope is massless

  • C

    If either the rope is not accelerated or is massless

  • D

    Always

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