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Okay so this was accurate, I just had not considered any thickness of the sleeve the cable sits in. This made a huge difference when accounted for

Well I have come up with a spreadsheet showing the relationships of all this in feet and in meters, including how much percent of the line was taken away. http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4A0E40A84DBF5E1D "Interesting" how 1 twist per inch does not affect it much. I...

Sorry for not catching on to this, fresh eyes always help. I still am having trouble incorporating more than 1 twist into Dr. Math's method of doing this problem. Can anyone explain this further please.

However, you then have two FinalLength terms on both sides of the equation.

Makes sense, I have found something similar to this problem but its a different approach, which I believe to be more correct than yours. Please verify this though. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/53155.html

Curiosity killed the cat, but I'm willing to risk a cats life so I ask. How did you know to use that method to solve the problem? I have been searching math forums and such for helix complex math stuff and you just skipped over all that.

Okay, I love you guys, I posted 11 minutes ago and already got an accurate answer. Thanks a bunch VxA. Note: This doesn't mean I have checked it yet, the post is still active incase anyone has any further input on the subject :)

This is my first post and if someone can answer this, I'll be long-time user of the forum :) Situation: Everyone knows as you twist a pair of wires together, their total lengths will shorten. Also the number of twists and the diameter of the wire are crucial in how much it will shorten...