A 69.0-kg athlete leaps straight up into the air from a trampoline with an initial speed of 8.9 m/s. The goal of this problem is to find the maximum height she attains and her speed at half the maximum height a) select the height when the athlete's speed is 8.9 m/s as y=0. what is her kinetic energy at this point?

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A 69.0-kg athlete leaps straight up into the air from a trampoline with an initial speed of 8.9 m/s. The goal of this problem is to find the maximum height she attains and her speed at half the maximum height

a) select the height when the athlete's speed is 8.9 m/s as y=0. what is her kinetic energy at this point? 

 

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