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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 6 Problem 74GP

Question

A film of Jesse Owens's famous long jump (Fig.  ) in the 1936 Olympics shows that his center of mass rose  from launch point to the top of the arc. What minimum speed did he need at launch if he was traveling at  at the top of the arc?

Solution

Solution 74 GP

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We have to find the minimum speed Jesse Owens needed at launch if he was traveling at 6.5m/s at the top of the arc.

The minimum speed can be found by using conservation of mechanical energy (At the launch of the jump and at the highest point in the jump).

 

Where,

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 6 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780130606204

A film of Jesse Owens’s famous long jump (Fig. 6–47) in

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