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Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 week agoActually, the (vertical) velocity of the deflected center point of the rubber band is faster than the axial contraction of the rubber band itself (at that point) which is limited by the speed of sound of the material.
Derivation: Pythagoras, chain rule