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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Yes I can claim that. Because if the bottom part isn't going to do anything, as you say, than why should the top part move at all as they are connected... Implying that the top part moves implies automatically that the bottom part would also move, which it does not. And that is the whole essence.
What I meant was the bottom chain doesn't move ONLY IF the top doesn't move. you are trying to work out whether or not the top part of the chain moves. You can't say the top does't move because the bottom does as the bottom's movement is dependent on what's going on on top.
I guess I found equations to be far less brain hurt
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