Question

Jane, looking for Tarzan, is running at top speed (3.6 m/s) and grabs a vine hanging vertically from a tall tree in the jungle. How high can she swing upward? Does the length of the rope matter?
bobpursley
His KE converts to gravitaional PE

1/2 mv^2=mgHeight
solve for Height.

Did length of the rope matter?
no, because it got canceled on both side

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