A bungee jumper attains a speed of 30 m/s just as the bungee…
A bungee jumper attains a speed of 30 m/s just as the bungee cord begins to stretch. If the period of stretch is 2 s while coming to a halt, the jumper’s average deceleration is about (g is the gravitational acceleration)A) 0.5 g.B) g.C) 1.5 g.D) 2 g.
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A piece of taffy slams into and sticks to an identical piece of taffy at rest. The momentum of the combined pieces after the collision is the same as before the collision, but this is not true of the kinetic energy, which partly degrades into heat. What percentage of the kinetic energy becomes heat?A) 0%B) 25%C) 50%D) 75%E) need more information
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