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    What is the role of moment of inertia in rotational motion?

    I've been studying rotational motion for a while and I have no clue how moment of inertia plays a role in it. How would you define it? Often times, it's just described as resistance to change. Does that mean a high moment of inertia means a higher resistance to change or is it the other way...
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    Bungee jumping problem with a twist

    but the momentum isn't transferred to the ramp itself is it? the ramp doesn't move at all
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    Bungee jumping problem with a twist

    yeah it's part of the problem, probably a distraction. it's right before the rope starts to stretch. and also, it is to be assumed that the guy survives the fall
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    Bungee jumping problem with a twist

    A bungee jumping gig is about to be performed off a bridge at a height of 100ft. The length of the rope is 20ft. The K constant for the rope is 200n/m and the air resistance is 12N(only vertical). The jumper's mass is 100kg. When the man jumps, the rope snaps right before it starts to stretch...
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    Minimum Height Needed for Bungee Jump Problem

    but as per what you said before, when falling, the KE+grav.pe should be equal to the elastic potential energy, the method should be SUM of Energies during fall = 83.5x^2+12x+mgx (x being the amount stretched) or SUM of Energies during fall -mgx= 83.5x^2+12x(x being the amount stretched) . they...
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    Minimum Height Needed for Bungee Jump Problem

    thank you very much! but as per what you said, if i account for the energy gained from falling after the rope begins to stretch, i get the same answer i get for my 3rd attempt, which is 4.4 m stretch. SUM of Energies during fall = 83.5x^2+12x+mgx (x being the amount stretched) if u mean that...
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    Minimum Height Needed for Bungee Jump Problem

    this problem involves a man jumping off a bridge with a bungee chord holding him. he weighs 102 kg and the stretch constant of the chord is 167n/m. And there is a 12N air resistance. the length of the rope when slack is 20 ft what is the minimum height needed for him to do this? my attempt: i...
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    Bungee Jumping Physics: Minimum Height Needed

    so what would be the conceptual formula that i should use? like which method of the ones that i did is right?
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    Bungee Jumping Physics: Minimum Height Needed

    i really need some help
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    Bungee Jumping Physics: Minimum Height Needed

    there is another way i did it and it gave me ANOTHER answer, lol i must sound annoying, but i watched a simulation which showed that when the chord is fully stretched, the kinetic energy during the fall converts to elastic potential and gravitational potential. so, i set the KE = mgx+0.5kx^2, x...
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    Bungee Jumping Physics: Minimum Height Needed

    my bad I'm new to this lol
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    Bungee Jumping Physics: Minimum Height Needed

    Im not sure whether my approach was right in the first place, since another method that i tried gave me a different answer. I set mg(height of the bridge)= 0.5kx=(height-the length of chord/rope)^2 which gave me 22.3 m.
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    Bungee Jumping Physics: Minimum Height Needed

    yes of course, i divided the problem into three parts, the initial fall till the rope starts to stretch, then the stretch the Ke value that i came up with was mgH, and the sum of the energies is KE-W, which was mg(6.09) -12(6.09). 6.09 m is the length of the chord when it is slack (20ft). the...
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    Bungee Jumping Physics: Minimum Height Needed

    Um this problem involves a man jumping off a bridge with a bungee chord holding him. he weighs 102 kg and the stretch constant of the chord is 167n/m. And there is a 12N air resistance. what is the minimum height needed for him to do this? thanks! (one more thing, the length of the rope when...
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