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Amountain climber jumps a 2.8-m-wide crevasse by leaping
Chapter 4, Problem 17(choose chapter or problem)
Amountain climber jumps a 2.8-m-wide crevasse by leaping horizontally with a speed of 7.8 m/s. (a) If the climbers direction of motion on landing is , what is the height difference between the two sides of the crevasse? (b) Where does the climber land?
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QUESTION:
Amountain climber jumps a 2.8-m-wide crevasse by leaping horizontally with a speed of 7.8 m/s. (a) If the climbers direction of motion on landing is , what is the height difference between the two sides of the crevasse? (b) Where does the climber land?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 5
a)
Using equation of uniformly accelerated motion, the expression for distance is given by
Here the vertical distance is in meter, initial vertical speed is in , time is in sec, and acceleration is in