Certain insects can achieve seemingly impossible accelerations while jumping. The click beetle accelerates at an astonishing 400g

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Certain insects can achieve seemingly impossible accelerations while jumping. The click beetle accelerates at an astonishing 400g over a distance of 0.60 cm as it rapidly bends its thorax, making the "click" that gives it its name.

a. Assuming the beetle jumps straight up, at what speed does it leave the ground? 

b. How much time is required for the beetle to reach this speed? 

c. Ignoring air resistance, how high would it go?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780321595492

2nd Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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