Chapter 2: Q62. (page 46)
A person jumps out of the fourth-story window of a building18.0 m above a firefighter鈥檚 safety net. The survivor stretches the net 1.0 m before coming to rest (Fig. 2鈥45). (a) What is the average deceleration experienced by the survivor when she was slowed to rest by the net? (b) What would you do to make it 鈥檚afer鈥 (that is, to generate a smaller deceleration)? Would you stiffen or loosen the net? Explain.

FIGURE 2-45Problem 62
Short Answer
(a) The average deceleration experienced by the survivor when she is slowed down to rest is .
(b) You would loosen the net to generate a smaller deceleration.