Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line - Exercises and Problems - Page 164: 53

Answer

$ 0.72m$ or $72cm$

Work Step by Step

lets first compute how much time he takes to complete his jump. let $v$ be his initial velocity which can be given as $ v = \sqrt{2gh}$ $ v=\sqrt{2*10* 0.55} ms^{-1} $ $ v=\sqrt{11}ms^{-1 } = 3.3ms^{-1}$ time taken to complete his jump is $ t= \frac{0.55m}{ 3.3ms^{-1}}$ $t= 0.17s$ now when he jumps in elevator the elevator will desend some distance which is $s = vt = (1.0* 0.17 )m =0.17m$ thus his total jump will be $0.55m +0.17m = 0.72m = 72cm$
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