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Yeah they are all identical. How would I use the 1-1-squareroot2 triangle to simplify it more? I'm not sure how to do that part too well.

The unit right now is electrostatics, but this question is really just vectors, nothing to do with charges or anything... anyways here is the info: 1. Homework Statement Three identical point charges, A, B, and C are located as shown here: The force A-on-C is the same as the force B-on-C...

Yeah you're right about that, but I was just thinking that they both could be equal, and then in the next oscillation both distances could go down by the same amount. That would still lead it to stopping, right?

Purely theoretically, if I were to allow a hanging slinky to reach its resting position (that is, the location where the slinky doesn't move at all while hanging), and then my hand pulled the bottom of the slinky downwards towards the ground slightly (perhaps 10 centimeters below the resting...

The reference point I'm talking about is the equilibrium, sorry I didn't mention that! At first, the slinky would be at its rest position, then pulled slightly to the bottom.

Let's say there is a slinky being held up. If I pull the bottom of the slinky, it will keep oscillating/vibrating/swinging up and down continuously, until it comes to a stop. My question is, is the distance the slinky moves down the first time EQUAL to the distance it moves back upwards? Or...