Measuring jump height and air time from weight and force

  • Context: High School 
  • Thread starter Thread starter melvin123
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Measure
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
2 replies · 2K views
melvin123
Messages
2
Reaction score
0
hello people can anyone help me...?
here is my objective...

To measure how long a person stays on the air, when it jumps, until it reaches the ground at the same position.

Given:
Weight of the person
Force exerted

Find:
Time
Height of the jump


...plsss
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Welcome to PF.

You said "measure", but then you listed some data as if you really want to calculate. If you want to measure, use a stopwatch. If you want to calculate, use f=ma and its derivatives.
 
sorry my fault...

it's calculate uuhm... please i want to now more about that formula... can you please discuss to me, further, about that formula...

please... please...:smile: