The length of nylon rope from which a mountain climber is suspended has a force constant of 1.5010⁴ N/m. Given his mass plus the mass of his equipment are 87.6 kg, how much would this rope stretch in centimeters to break the climber's fall if he free-falls 2.02 m before the rope runs out of slack?

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To calculate the stretch in the rope we can use the concept of elastic potential energy stored in th... View the full answer