A 58 kg bungee jumper jumps from a bridge. She is tied to a bungee cord whose unstretched length is 15 m, and falls a total of 36 m.
Calculate the spring stiffness constant k of the bungee cord, assuming Hooke's law applies.
Calculate the maximum acceleration she experiences.
2 answers
-mgh=-(kx^2)/2 (for first part)
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