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by jc114 » Mon May 07, 2007 3:47 pm
"If Fran jumps straight up off the floor and lands on her feet T seconds later, her feet will reach a maximum height of 1.22T^2 meters above the floor. On one such jump, was Fran off the floor for less than 1 sec?
(1) On her jump Fran's feet reached a maximum height of 1 meter above the floor
(2) On her jump, Frain spent more than 1/4 second ascending

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Re: prep question

by jayhawk2001 » Mon May 07, 2007 9:05 pm
jc114 wrote:"If Fran jumps straight up off the floor and lands on her feet T seconds later, her feet will reach a maximum height of 1.22T^2 meters above the floor. On one such jump, was Fran off the floor for less than 1 sec?
(1) On her jump Fran's feet reached a maximum height of 1 meter above the floor
(2) On her jump, Frain spent more than 1/4 second ascending
1 - sufficient. 1.22T^2 = 1, we can solve for T and hence know if it is > 1 or
< 1

2 - insufficient. If the ascend is 1/3sec, then the total is 2/3 sec which is < 1.
If the ascend is 1 sec, then total = 2 sec which is > 1

I'd vote for A

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by Stacey Koprince » Tue May 08, 2007 11:44 am
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