Chapter 1: Q57PP (page 128)
Forces on a Dancer鈥檚 Body.Dancers experience large forces associated with the jumps they make. For example, when a dancer lands after a vertical jump, the force exerted on the head by the neck must exceed the head鈥檚 weight by enough to cause the head to slow down and come to rest. The head is about 9.4%of a typical person鈥檚 mass. Video analysis of adancer landing after a vertical jump shows that her head decelerates from 4.0m/sto rest in a time of 0.20s.
While the dancer is in the air and holding a fixed pose, what is the magnitude of the average force that her neck exerts on her head? (a) 0N; (b) 60N ; (c) 120N ; (d) 180N.
Short Answer
The magnitude of the average force is (a) 0N.
