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Avi, a gymnast, weighs 40 kg. She is jumping on a trampoline that has a spring constant value of 176,400 StartFraction N over m EndFraction. If she compresses the trampoline 20 cm, how high should she reach?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use energy conservation: 1/2 k x^2 = m g h.

So h = (1/2 k x^2) / (m g) = (0.5·176400·0.2^2)/(40·9.8) = 3528/392 = 9 m.

She should reach 9 meters (neglecting losses).