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Pengwuino
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Ok so I was wondering something... in which situation, if any, is a piece of material more likely to break in the real world...
1) A piece of rope or wire that is being pulled on by two people in opposite directions.
2) A piece of rope or wire being pulled but the other side is a looped around a stationary poll
Now if both of the pieces of rope are just closed loops... I assume that they'll both break under the same conditions since (if the two people use equal force) the normal force by the poll will simply be equivalent to the 2nd person 's pulling strenght from 1).
Am i right :)
1) A piece of rope or wire that is being pulled on by two people in opposite directions.
2) A piece of rope or wire being pulled but the other side is a looped around a stationary poll
Now if both of the pieces of rope are just closed loops... I assume that they'll both break under the same conditions since (if the two people use equal force) the normal force by the poll will simply be equivalent to the 2nd person 's pulling strenght from 1).
Am i right :)