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Whitepunk [10]
3 years ago
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In the vertical jump, an athlete starts from crouch and jumps upward to reach as high as possible. Even the best athletes spend

little more than 1.00s in the air (thier "hang time"). Treat the athlete as a particle and let ymax be his maximum height above the floor. To explain why he seems to hang in the air, calculate the ratio of the time he is above ymax /2 to the time it takes him to go from the floor to that height. You may ignore air resistance.

Physics
1 answer:
Mumz [18]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The ratio of the time he is above ymax /2 to the time it takes him to go from the floor to that height = 0.707

Explanation:

The mathematical derivation and steps is as shown in the attached file.

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