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An experiment is performed in which a muscle–tendon unit is fixed at some (an unknown ) length

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, the muscle is activated to a specified predetermined level, and the tendon force is measured once the muscle and tendon have reached equilibrium (steady statei.e., muscle and tendon forces are equal). The muscle has the following active and passive force–length relationships:

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