
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9780136139225
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 14, Problem 70GP
A 62-kg person jumps from a window to a fire net 20.0 m below, which stretches the net 1.1 m. Assume that the net behaves like a simple spring. (a) Calculate how much it would stretch if the same person were lying in it. (b) How much would it stretch if the person jumped from 38 m?
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