A scene in a movie has a stuntman falling through a floor onto a bed in the room below. The plan is to have the actor fall on hi
1 answer:
Answer:
131 kg
Explanation:
Data:
Given,
spring constant, k = 65 144 N/m
Height of the fall = 3.32 m
Spring compression distance, x = 13. 55 × 10⁻²m
acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.81 ms⁻²
Now, during the fall, the gravitational potential energy is translated to the kinetic energy.
The kinetic energy is then later absorbed by the spring which absorbs it as the spring potential energy or simply (SPE).
Thus, the equation becomes:
Potential energy = Spring potential energy
maximum mass = 131 kg
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