My partner is making homemade animal collars that are adjustable. We noticed that the longer the initial string, the larger the variation in collar length. Two specific examples:
We started with a 21 inch piece of paracord, and it ended up being:
9.5 - 7.5 in variable length
We had another one that was 26 inches and it ended up being:
12 - 8.5 in variable length
I am not great at math but know enough to know that it could be some sort of (non)linear(?) curve or something that relates the initial cord length to a set of high and low ends for final length.
I also know there is probably a small amount of variation based on the knots and amount of beads on them, but that should be small enough to be negligable I believe?
I was just hoping someone could figure out the math to know what the variable lemgth will be based on starting cord lengths?
Thank you in advance!