Excellent human jumpers can leap straight up to a height of 100 cm off the ground.

To reach this height, with what speed would a person need to leave the ground?

2 answers

100 cm = 1 meter
g = -9.81 m/s^2

(1/2) m v^2 = m g h
v = sqrt (2 g h)
v = sqrt (2*9.81*1)
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