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It’s your birthday, and to celebrate you’re going to make your first bungee jump. You stand...

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It’s your birthday, and to celebrate you’re going to make yourfirst bungee jump. You stand on a bridge 100 m above a raging riverand attach a 30-m-long bungee cord to your harness. A bungee cord,for practical purposes, is just a long spring, and this cord has aspring constant of 40 N/m. Assume that your mass is 80 kg. After along hesitation, you dive off the bridge. How far are you above thewater when the cord reaches its maximum elongation?

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E is denoting the total mechanical energy at the jumpingpointAt the point of maximum elongationthe gravitational potential energy    See Answer
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