Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Physics question on maximum height?

Micheal Jordan, formerly of the Chicago Bulls basketball team, has some fanatic fans. They claimed that he was able to jump and remain in the air for two full seconds from launch to landing. Evaluate this claim by calculating the maximum height that such a jump would attain. For comparison, Jordan's maximum jump height has been estimated as about one meter.

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