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Posted by Alexis on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 12:58pm.

A 75.0 kg stunt man jumps from a balcony and falls 28.0 m before colliding with a pile of mattresses. If the mattresses are compressed 0.800 m before he is brought to rest, what is the average force exerted by the mattresses on the stuntman?

physics - bobpursley, Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 2:03pm
force*distance=massman*g*heightfromabove

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