In the vertical jump, an athlete starts from a crouch andjumps upward to reach as high as possible.

Tolnaio

Tolnaio

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2020-10-23

In the vertical jump, an athlete starts from a crouch andjumps upward to reach as high as possible. Even the best athletesspend little more than 1.00 s in the air (their "hang time"). Treatthe athlete as a particle and let be his maximum height above the floor. Toexplain why he seems to hang in the air, calculate the ratio of thetime he is above /2 moving up to the time it takes him to go from thefloor to that height. You may ignore air resistance.
I think I have to use the formula ymax=12at2 and solve for t. So t=2ymaxa, and then do it again when it isymax/2. But then I get stuck there.

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Mayme

Mayme

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Does anyone else have any idea how to solve this question, Imguessing

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