Olympic gymnast, Kerri Strug, landing her gold medal-winningvault on one foot. Kerri weighs approximately 500 N and
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Olympic gymnast, Kerri Strug, landing her gold medal-winningvault on one foot. Kerri weighs approximately 500 N and each foothas a plantar surface area of about 220 cm2.
a.) At the peak of her vault, Kerri’s CM was elevated to aheight of approximately 2.5 m above her landing height. What washer vertical velocity at the instant she contacted theground?
b) If Kerri came to a complete stop in exactly 0.7 s, what wasthe average net vertical force experienced during the landingphase?
c) What was the average pressure experienced by Kerri during herheroic one-footed landing?
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