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ISBN: 9781305952300

Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 2, Problem 70AP

In Bosnia, the ultimate test of a young nun’s courage used to be to jump off a 400-year-old bridge (destroyed in 1993; rebuilt in 2004) into the River Neretva, 23 m below the bridge. (a) How long did the jump last? (b) How fan was the jumper traveling upon impact with the river? (c) If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, how long after the jumper took off did a spectator on the bridge hear the splash?

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