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Chapter 2 Problem 91P

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Problem 91P

IP Standing side by side, you and a friend step off a bridge at different times and fall for 1.6 s to the water below. Your friend goes first, and you follow after she has dropped a distance of 2.0 m. (a) When your friend, hits the water, is the separation between the two of you 2.0 m, less than 2.0 m, or more than 2.0 m? (b) Verify your answer to part (a) with a calculation.

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Solution 91P

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(a)

In the given problem, we need to comment whether we have the same separation between between both of 2m, less than 2m or more than 2m when my friend hots water.

In the given case, both me and my friend accelerate straight downwards from the bridge but at different times. I step out of the bridge when my friend has fallen 2m, hence i will be in still in air when my friend hits the water.

Therefore, as my friend has more average speed compared to me during the time when i jump and my friend falls into water. The separation between both of us will be more than 2 meters.


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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

IP Standing side by side, you and a friend step off a

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