New York to Los Angeles Problem: What is the shortest possible time in which a person

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New York to Los Angeles Problem: What is the shortest possible time in which a person could get from New York to Los Angeles? If you ignore such things as getting to and from airports, the type of vehicle used, and so forth, the problem reduces to how much stress the human body can take from acceleration and deceleration (g forces). Recall that an acceleration of 1 g is the same as the acceleration due to gravity. a. What have you heard from the media or elsewhere about the maximum g force the human body can withstand? b. About how far is it from New York to Los Angeles?c. You must be stopped both at the beginningof the trip and at the end. What, then, is theminimum length of time a person could taketo get from New York to Los Angeles?

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