A 91.0-kg bungee jumper steps off a bridge with a light bungee cord tied to her and to the bridge. The unstretched length of the cord is 15.0 m. The jumper reaches reaches the bottom of her motion 41.0 m below the bridge before bouncing back. We wish to find the time interval between her leaving the bridge and her arriving at the bottom of her motion. Her overall motion can be separated into an 15.0-m free-fall and a 26.0-m section of simple harmonic oscillation.
(a) What is the angular frequency of the oscillation?
rad/s
(b) What time interval is required for the cord to stretch by 26.0 m?
s
(c) What is the total time interval for the entire 41.0-m drop?
s