Slack
Main Concept
It may be surprising that adding even a small amount of slack to a tight string can allow you to pull the string laterally by quite a bit.
Drag the slider to adjust the amount of slack in the string, and pull the string with the mouse or click the button to see how much the string will move.
Amount of slack in string (left side):
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