What Does the Scale Read at Its Peak When You Jump from 1.3m?

[kavipach]

Homework Statement

If you stand on a bathroom scale, the spring inside the scale compresses 0.55mm, and it tells you your weight is 760 N.
Now if you jump on the scale from a height of 1.3m, what does the scale read at its peak?

Homework Equations

F=kx
K.E=1/2mv^2

The Attempt at a Solution

I tried a lot of things but i can't get the answer

 

[wavingerwin]

I tried a lot of things but i can't get the answer

Try more...

Well one more equation you need to know

Elastic potential energy = E_ep = 0.5 kx²

I'm sure you know how to get the spring constant, k
And then find the total energy of the system E = mgh

then substitute the E value you got to the equation
E_ep = 0.5 kx² to find x

(at the "peak", all of the kinetic energy + gravitational potential energy is converted to elastic potential energy)

then since you know the x (compression) at the peak value
substitute to F = kx to get the F value for the scale value it reads

That's what i would do.
I can very well be wrong

 

[songoku]

you've posted this before
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=325531

 

[JazzFusion]

Very well explained, V_B!

 

[songoku]

Thx LOL ^^