Problem: A 71 kg trampoline artist jumps vertically upward from the top of a platform with a speed of 4.3 m/s . How fast is he going as he lands on the trampoline, 2.0 m below?If the trampoline behaves like a spring of spring constant 6.1×104 N/m , what is the distance he depress it?

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A 71 kg trampoline artist jumps vertically upward from the top of a platform with a speed of 4.3 m/s .

How fast is he going as he lands on the trampoline, 2.0 m below?

If the trampoline behaves like a spring of spring constant 6.1×104 N/m , what is the distance he depress it?

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