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Chapter 7 Problem 60

Question

Integrated Concepts

(a) Calculate the force the woman in Figure \(7.46\) exerts to do a push-up at constant speed, taking all data to be known to three digits.

(b) How much work does she do if her center of mass rises \(0.240 m\)?

(c) What is her useful power output if she does \(25\) push-ups in \(1\) min? (Should work done lowering her body be included? See the discussion of useful work in Work, Energy, and Power in Humans.

Figure \(7.46\) Forces involved in doing push-ups. The woman’s weight acts as a force exerted downward on her center of gravity (CG).

Solution

Solution

Step 1 of 3

                

a) We need to calculate the force exerted by the women to do a push-up at constant speed.

        Consider the torque on the point P.

                                

                                                  

        Where mass of the women

        The length from foot to the centre of gravity

        The length from the foot to the hands

                

                

                

                

Implies                                

The force exerted by the women to do a push-up is .

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Title College Physics  1 
Author Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
ISBN 9781938168000

Integrated Concepts(a) Calculate the force the woman in

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