If a high jumper needs to make his center of gravity rise 1.2 m, how fast must

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If a high jumper needs to make his center of gravity rise 1.2 m, how fast must he be able to sprint? Assume all of his kinetic energy can be transformed into potential energy. For an extended object, the gravitational potential energy is U = mgh, where h is the height of the center of gravity.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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