• Hadriscus
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    2 months ago

    But if you’re a link in a ring chain, isn’t pulling just tightening it ?

    • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Well, now both seem right. Can we get a physicist consultation? If you pull a rope bridge from both sides, it raises it. But if low enough, that puts you in the water…?

      • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        There is a length at which the weight of the rope itself exceeds the force exerted to tighten the rope and not break it. So basically you can have a tight shirter rope, longer saggy rope, or you have 2 ropes.