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Image: Ant on a rubber rope animation

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Description: An ant (red dot) is crawling on a stretchable rope at a constant speed of 1 cm/s. The rope is initially 4 cm long and stretches at a constant rate of 2 cm/s. No matter how long the rope is or how fast it stretches (but still at a constant rate), the ant will reach the end of the rope.
Title: Ant on a rubber rope animation
Credit: Own work
Author: Deacon Vorbis
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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