
Applied Physics (11th Edition)
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Author: Dale Ewen, Neill Schurter, Erik Gundersen
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Chapter 4, Problem 4AC
As a movie stunt coordinator, you need to be sure a stunt will be safe before it is performed. If a stuntwoman is to run horizontally off the roof of a three-story building and land on a foam pad 7.35 m away from the base of the building, how fast should she run as she leaves the roof? (Each story is 4.00 m.)
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Applied Physics (11th Edition)
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