A person jumps out a fourth-story window 18.0m above a firefighter's safety net. The survivor stretches the net 1.0m before coming to rest Fig 2-45. (a) What average deceleration experienced by the survivor when she was slowed to rest by the net? (b) What would do to make it safer" (that is, to generate a smaller deceleration): would you stiffen or loosen the net? explain.

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A person jumps out a fourth-story window 18.0m above a firefighter's safety net. The survivor stretches the net 1.0m before coming to rest Fig 2-45. (a) What average deceleration experienced by the survivor when she was slowed to rest by the net? (b) What would do to make it safer" (that is, to generate a smaller deceleration): would you stiffen or loosen the net? explain.

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