Your friend provides a solution to the following problem. evaluate her solution. the problem: jim (mass 50 kg) steps off a ledge that is 2.0 m above a platform that sits on top of a relaxed spring of force constant 8000 n/m. how far will the spring compress while stopping jim? your friend's solution: (50kg)(9.8m/s2)(2.0m)=(1/2)(8000n/m )x x=0.25m4.

No its wrong

Correct compression is 0.41

Explanation:

After jumping from 2m height on spring attached platform platform is compressed a distance x(let).

So work done by gravity on Jim is converted into spring potential energy.

k=8000 N/m

mass of Jim =50 kg

Solve this quadratic one solution is positive and other is negative.

positive one is our answer = 0.41 m

pe = weightxheight = 2000x1000=2,000,000joules

the total distance that martina travels that day is

(distance from home to mom's office) plus (distance from mom's office to school)

plus (distance from school to library) plus (distance from library to friend's house)

plus (distance from friend's house to martina's house).

(we don't know what any of these distance actually is.)