College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)

3rd Edition

ISBN: 9780321879721

Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field

Publisher: PEARSON

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The jumping gait of the kangaroo is efficient because energy is stored in the stretch of stout tendons in the legs; the kangaroo literally bounces with each stride. We can model the bouncing of a kangaroo as the bouncing of a mass on a spring. A 70 kg kangaroo hits the ground, the tendons stretch to a maximum length, and the rebound causes the kangaroo to leave the ground approximately 0.10 s alter its feet first touch.

a. Modeling this as the motion of a mass on a spring, what is the period of the motion?

b. Given the kangaroo mass and the period you’ve calculated, what is the spring constant?

c. If the kangaroo speeds up, it must bounce higher and farther with each stride, and so must store more energy in each bounce. How does this affect the time and the amplitude of each bounce?

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