Question

A 60 kg stunt person runs off a cliff at 5.3 m/s and lands safely in the river 11.8 m below. What was the splashdown speed?

Apr 28, 2014

vetical speed = sqrt (2 g h)
= sqrt (232)
=15.2 m/s

speed = sqrt (15.2^2 + 5.3^2)

Apr 28, 2014

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