Question:

A 68.1-kg basketball player jumps vertically and leaves the floor with a velocity of 1.66 m/s upward. (a) What impulse does the player experience? magnitude 113.046 N S direction upward (b) What force does the floor exert on the player before the jump?

Last updated: 7/28/2022

A 68.1-kg basketball player jumps vertically and leaves the floor with a velocity of 1.66 m/s upward.
(a) What impulse does the player experience?
magnitude
113.046
N S
direction
upward
(b) What force does the floor exert on the player before the jump?

A 68.1-kg basketball player jumps vertically and leaves the floor with a velocity of 1.66 m/s upward. (a) What impulse does the player experience? (b) What force does the floor exert on the player before the jump? (c) What is the total average force exerted by the floor on the player if the player is in contact with the floor for 0.450 s during the jump?