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A person can dive into water from a height of 10 m

Chapter 7, Problem 21DQ

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A person can dive into water from a height of 10 m with-out injury, but a person who jumps off the roof of a 10-m-tall building and lands on a concrete street is likely to be seriously injured. Why is there a difference?

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QUESTION:

A person can dive into water from a height of 10 m with-out injury, but a person who jumps off the roof of a 10-m-tall building and lands on a concrete street is likely to be seriously injured. Why is there a difference?

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Solution 21DQ While hitting the water surface, you don’t get a high reaction force as the water surface is not that much rigid. After hitting the surface also you can mo

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