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Old 06-27-2006, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by golf_sceptic
I'm not familiar with the term "equilbrants", but action/reaction pairs are always equal and opposite, and it is helpful to identify the action/reaction pairs before considering resultant forces on each object.

I would consider equilibrium (taking a guess at your meaning) to apply to an individual object within a system, or to the system as a whole. Action/reaction is a different concept to equilibrium.

Sorry about that. My mistake. I am in well over my depth here but I am trying to understand what you are getting at.
Do the image and definitions have any bearing on this topic?

Resultant - the single force that is equal to 2 or more forces.

Equilibrant - the single force that will balance 2 or more forces. Equal in magnitude but opposite in direction of the resultant.


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