A 70.0kg stuntman is attached to a bungee with an unstretched length of 15.0m. He jumps off a bridge spanning a height of 50.0 m. When he finally stops the cord has a stretched length of 44. 0 m. Treat the stuntman as a point mass, and disregard the weight of the bungee cord. Assuming the spring constant of the bungee cord is 71.8, what is the total potential energy relative to the water when the man stops falling.

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A 70.0kg stuntman is attached to a bungee with an unstretched length of 15.0m. He jumps off a bridge spanning a height of 50.0 m. When he finally stops the cord has a stretched length of 44. 0 m. Treat the stuntman as a point mass, and disregard the weight of the bungee cord. Assuming the spring constant of the bungee cord is 71.8, what is the total potential energy relative to the water when the man stops falling.

 

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