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Light and Inextensible

Whilst studying Mechanics (M1), you often use "light and inextensible" to describe string. So my friend posed a hypothetical question that if you had some string that was 1million light years long with me on one end and him on the other. If he pulled one end how long would it take for the my end to move. I thought it would be instantaneous but my teacher thought different.

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  • Asked by akzy
  • on 2010-07-08 12:23:21
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Categories: Domestic Science.

Tags: physics, light, maths, science, mechanics, hypothetical, string, inextensible.

 

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