When you jump from an elevated position you usually bend your knees upon reaching the ground. By doing this, you make the time of the impact about 10 times as great as for a stiff-legged landing. In this way the average force your body experiences is

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anonymous · Answer

more than 1/10 as great.
	 about 10 times as great.
	 about 1/10 as great.
	 less than 1/10 as great.

anonymous · Answer

@austinL

anonymous · Answer

N (force of impact) = kgm/s (momentum) / s (time)
if s is 1/10 less, then it would probably be about 1/10 as great

I'm not sure whether it is * s or / s, you might wanna google the equation