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Science Bowl Question

📅 NSB Regional 2007🎓 HS🔄 Round 11#️⃣ Question 9🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

A pole vaulter with a mass of 150 kilograms is traveling at 25 meters per second just prior to landing on an air mattress which collapses and allows the vaulter to come to rest over a period of 2.0 seconds. What was the force of the impact between the vaulter and the air mattress, in newtons?

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