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1) At what speed must a 75 kg basketball player leave the ground if he is to jump a vertical distance of 1.2 m? (ans: 4.8 m/s)

15 years ago

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bobpursley
the potential energy change in gravity must equal the initial kinetic energy.

mgh=1/2 m v^2

v= sqrt (2gh)
15 years ago

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