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Chapter 11 Problem 63P

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BIO Tendon-Stretching Exercises. As part of an exercise program, a 75-kg person does toe raises in which he raises his entire body weight on the ball of one foot (?Fig. P11.59?). The Achilles tendon pulls straight upward on the heel bone of his foot. This tendon is 25 cm long and has a cross-sectional area of 78 mm2 and a Young’s modulus of 1470 MPa. (a) Draw a free-body diagram of the person’s foot (everything below the ankle joint). Ignore the weight of the foot. (b) What force does the Achilles tendon exert on the heel during this exercise? Express your answer in newtons and in multiples of his weight. (c) By how many millimeters does the exercise stretch his Achilles tendon?

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Solution Step 1 of 3: (a) Draw a free-body diagram of the person’s foot (everything below the ankle joint). Ignore the weight of the foot. A m= 75 kg person has his tendon l=25 cm=0.25m long and cross sectional area A=78 mm =78× 10 6 m having young’s modulus of Y=1470 MPa=1470 × 10 Pa. Here in 6 part (a) we need to write the free body diagram for the ankle when the person raises his entire body weight on the ball of one foot. The free body diagram for the ankle is,

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Title University Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
ISBN 9780321675460

BIO Tendon-Stretching Exercises. As part of an exercise

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