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 his back, but a researcher has been hired to investigate the safety of this stunt. When the researcher examines the mattress, she sees that it effectively has a spring constant of 65144 N/m for the area likely to be impacted by the stuntman, but it cannot depress more than 14.65 cm without injuring him. To approach this problem, consider a simplified version of the situation. A mass falls through a height of 4.12 m before landing on a spring of force constant 65144 N/m. Calculate the maximum mass that can fall on the mattress without exceeding the maximum compression distance. Based on this crude measurement, is the stunt safe using maximum mass: kg the proposed mattress? O cannot determine O no yes

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 his back, but a researcher has been hired to investigate the safety of this stunt. When the researcher examines the mattress, she sees that it effectively has a spring constant of 65144 N/m for the area likely to be impacted by the stuntman, but it cannot depress more than 14.65 cm without injuring him. To approach this problem, consider a simplified version of the situation. A mass falls through a height of 4.12 m before landing on a spring of force constant 65144 N/m. Calculate the maximum mass that can fall on the mattress without exceeding the maximum compression distance. Based on this crude measurement, is the stunt safe using maximum mass: kg the proposed mattress? O cannot determine O no yes

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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