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2013 F = ma Exam — Question 23

The following information applies to questions 23 and 24 A man with mass m jumps offof a high bridge with a bungee cord attached to his ankles. The man falls through a maximum distance H at which point the bungee cord brings him to a momentary rest before he bounces back up. The bungee cord is perfectly elastic, obeying Hooke’s force law with a spring constant k, and stretches from an original length of L0 to a final length L = L0 + h. The maximum tension in the Bungee cord is four times the weight of the man. 23. Determine the spring constant k.
Source: Question 23, 2013 F = ma Exam, © 2013 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the U.S. Physics Team. Adapted by PhysicsTrainer: reformatted into a separate question and answer choices for online multiple-choice practice; any shared setup from nearby questions is repeated here. Not affiliated with or endorsed by AAPT or the U.S. Physics Team.