A person jumps out a fourth-story window 18.0 m above a

Chapter 2, Problem 62

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A person jumps out a fourth-story window 18.0 m above a firefighters safety net. The survivor stretches the net 1.0 m before coming to rest, Fig. 245. (a) What was the average deceleration experienced by the survivor when she was slowed to rest by the net? (b) What would you do to make it safer (that is, to generate a smaller deceleration): would you stiffen or loosen the net? Explain.

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