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(I) Jane, looking for Tarzan, is running at top speed (5.0 m/s) and grabs a vine...

(I) Jane, looking for Tarzan, is running at top speed (5.0 m/s) and grabs a vine hanging vertically from a tall tree in the jungle. How high can she swing upward? Does the length of the vine affect your answer?

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Velocity of the girl (v) = 5 m/s.

Let the length of the vine = l .

We set the P.E. = 0 at the ground.

As the tension in the vine does no work, energy is conserved.

the length of the vine does not affect the height - it affects the angle.

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