A child bounces in a harness suspended from a door frame by three elastic bands. (a) If each elastic band stretches 0.260 m while supporting a 7.35-kg child at rest, what is the force constant for each elastic band? Assume that each spring supports 1/3 of the child's weight. N/m(b) What is the time for one complete bounce of this child? s(c) What is the child's maximum velocity if the amplitude of her bounce is 0.260 m? m/s

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A child bounces in a harness suspended from a door frame by three elastic bands.

(a) If each elastic band stretches 0.260 m while supporting a 7.35-kg child at rest, what is the force constant for each elastic band? Assume that each spring supports 1/3 of the child's weight.
 N/m

(b) What is the time for one complete bounce of this child?
 s

(c) What is the child's maximum velocity if the amplitude of her bounce is 0.260 m?
 m/s
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