In the vertical jump, an athlete starts from a crouch and

Chapter 2, Problem 2.96

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In the vertical jump, an athlete starts from a crouch and jumps upward to reach as high as possible. Even the best athletes spend little more than 1.00 s in the air (their hang time). Treat the athlete as a particle and let be his maximum height above the floor. To explain why he seems to hang in the air, calculate the ratio of the time he is above to the time it takes him to go from the floor to that height. You may ignore air resistance.

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