A bungee cord is rated at 545N/m. The jump is off a bridge above a river. Unstretched, the bungee cord is 68.0 m long. A 72.0 kg person jumps. They fall till and the cord begins to stretch. Find the amount by which cord has stretched when the person’s speed is 14.0 m/s.

A bungee cord is rated at 545N/m. The jump is off a bridge above a river. Unstretched, the bungee cord is 68.0 m long. A 72.0 kg person jumps. They fall till and the cord begins to stretch. Find the amount by which cord has stretched when the person’s speed is 14.0 m/s.

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A bungee cord is rated at 545N/m.

The jump is off a bridge above a river.

Unstretched, the bungee cord is 68.0 m long.

A 72.0 kg person jumps. They fall till and the cord

begins to stretch. Find the amount by which cord

has stretched when the person’s speed is 14.0 m/s.

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