A 53 kg bungee jumper jumps from a bridge. She is tied to a bungee cord whose unstretched length is 13 m, and falls a total of 39 m. if the spring stiffness constant k of the bungee cord=60 Calculate the maximum acceleration she experiences
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A 53 kg bungee jumper jumps from a bridge. She is tied to a bungee cord whose unstretched length is 13 m, and falls a total of 39 m. if the spring stiffness constant k of the bungee cord=60 Calculate the maximum acceleration she experiences
For a spring the equation offorce is:
F = kx
You can see that the max force occurs at the max extension of the spring. This force acting on the person must equal her mass times her acceleration (F=ma). So:
ma = kx.
Solve for a.
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