LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Was Homer Wrong? Thread: Was Homer Wrong? View Single Post #58 06-27-2006, 11:34 PM strav Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Western Australia Posts: 233 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. strav View Public Profile Send a private message to strav Find all posts by strav