Acceleration with limited known variables Question

[bbauer2]

Homework Statement

A bush baby, an African primate, is capable of leaping vertically to the remarkable height of 2.26 m. To jump this high, the bush baby accelerates over a distance of 0.160 m, while extending the legs. The acceleration during the jump is approximately constant. What is the acceleration in m/s?

h=2.26m
d=.160m
g=9.8m/s

Homework Equations

d=.5 X a X t
V=a X t
h=V X t-1/2g(t^2)
0=V - g X t

The Attempt at a Solution

I have no idea how to attempt this without another variable given.

 

[berkeman]

Homework Statement

A bush baby, an African primate, is capable of leaping vertically to the remarkable height of 2.26 m. To jump this high, the bush baby accelerates over a distance of 0.160 m, while extending the legs. The acceleration during the jump is approximately constant. What is the acceleration in m/s?

h=2.26m
d=.160m
g=9.8m/s

Homework Equations

d=.5 X a X t
V=a X t
h=V X t-1/2g(t^2)
0=V - g X t

The Attempt at a Solution

I have no idea how to attempt this without another variable given.

Acceleration is in m/s^2, not m/s.

The acceleration happens first, to give a Vo. Then the rest is just governed by the simple/regular gravity kinematic equations. Show your work.

 

[bbauer2]

Here's what I got, and I submitted it and it's still wrong. Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

The square of the max initial velocity Vo² = 2gh where h is 2.16 - .16 = 2.1 m.

Vo² = 41.16 m²/s²

To reach this speed in a jump of y meters, a = Vo²/(2y) = 41.16/(2*.16)

a = 128.625 m/s = 13.125 g's

 

[berkeman]

Here's what I got, and I submitted it and it's still wrong. Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

The square of the max initial velocity Vo² = 2gh where h is 2.16 - .16 = 2.1 m.

Vo² = 41.16 m²/s²

To reach this speed in a jump of y meters, a = Vo²/(2y) = 41.16/(2*.16)

a = 128.625 m/s = 13.125 g's

The numbers look right to me, except for the units on the final answer (I'll say again, the units of acceleration are m/s^2, not m/s). If you carried the units along in your equations above the answer, you would have gotten the same number and the correct units.

If you submit a = 128.63 m/s^2, is it still wrong?

 

[bbauer2]

Yeah, it's wrong. All I need is the numbers, the m/s^2 is given. It said the answer is 138! Anyone know how they got that?