In the 1991 World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo, Mike Powell jumped 8.95 m, breaking by
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In the 1991 World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo, Mike Powell jumped 8.95 m, breaking by a full 5 cm the 23-year long-jump record set by Bob Beamon. Assume that Powell's speed on takeoff was 9.5m/s (about equal to that of a sprinter) and that g - 9.80m/s2 in Tokyo. How much less was Powell's range than the maximum possible range for a particle launched at the same speed?
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Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 978-0471758013
8th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick
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