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thank you! i think i understand it now!

So if you pull slowly... the string above the rock will break because of the extra tension that the rock is putting on the string?? And if you pull faster than the rock can fall... the string below the rock will break because the string will stretch faster than the rock can fall?

rock on a string on the ceiling??! I'm stuck on this problem... any ideas?? A stone hangs by a fine thread from the ceiling and a section of the same thread dangles from the bottom of the stone. If a person gives a sharp pull on thedangling thread, where is the thread likely to break: below...