A 50.0-kg bungee jumper steps off a bridge with a light bungee cord tied to her and to the bridge. The unstretched length of the cord is 13.0 m. The jumper reaches reaches the bottom of her motion 40.0 m below the bridge before bouncing back. We wish to find the time interval between her leaving the bridge and her arriving at the bottom of her motion. Her overall motion can be separated into an 13.0-m free-fall and a 27.0-m section of simple harmonic oscillation.] (a) For the free-fall part, what is the appropriate analysis model to describe her motion.

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Marco Dodson

Physics

20 February, 18:18

A 50.0-kg bungee jumper steps off a bridge with a light bungee cord tied to her and to the bridge. The unstretched length of the cord is 13.0 m. The jumper reaches reaches the bottom of her motion 40.0 m below the bridge before bouncing back. We wish to find the time interval between her leaving the bridge and her arriving at the bottom of her motion. Her overall motion can be separated into an 13.0-m free-fall and a 27.0-m section of simple harmonic oscillation.] (a) For the free-fall part, what is the appropriate analysis model to describe her motion.

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Rachel Hood · Answer 1

The the analysis for the free fall part should be done under the constant acceleration.

Explanation:

In the given problem, the jumper is falling under the free fall. Since, no external force is acting on the body therefore, the fall will be under the action gravity only. also, the acceleration due to gravity is always constant.

Therefore, the the analysis for the free fall part should be done under the constant acceleration.