1a) -192.7g
1b) 0.0126 s
2) 1309 kg m/s
3)
Explanation:
1a)
First of all, we have to find the velocity of the womena just before hitting the ground.
Since the total mechanical energy is conserved during the fall, the initial gravitational potential energy of the woman when she is at the top is entirely converted into kinetic energy.
So we can write:
where
m = 55.0 kg is the mass of the woman
is the acceleration due to gravity
h = 29.0 m is the initial height of the woman
v is her final speed
Solving for v,
Then, when the woman hits the soil, she is decelerated until a final velocity
So we can find the deceleration using the suvat equation:
where
s = 15.0 cm = 0.15 m is the displacement during the deceleration
Solving for a,
In terms of g,
1b)
Here we want to find the time it takes for the woman to stop.
Since her motion is a uniformly accelerated motion, we can do it by using the following suvat equation:
where here we have:
v' = 0 is the final velocity of the woman
v = 23.8 m/s is her initial velocity before the impact
is the acceleration of the woman
t is the time of the impact
Solving for t, we find:
So, the woman took 0.0126 s to stop.
2)
The impulse exerted on an object is equal to the change in momentum experienced by the object.
Therefore, it is given by:
where
is the change in momentum
m is the mass of the object
v is the initial velocity
v' is the final velocity
Here we have:
m = 55.0 kg is the mass of the woman
v = 23.8 m/s is her initial velocity before the impact
v' = 0 is her final velocity
So, the impulse is:
where the negative sign indicates the direction opposite to the motion; so the magnitude is 1309 kg m/s.
3)
The impulse exerted on an object is related to the force applied on the object by the equation
where
I is the impulse
F is the average force on the object
is the time of the collision
Here we have:
is the magnitude of the impulse
is the duration of the collision
Solving for F, we find the magnitude of the average force: