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A Grasshopper Can Jump a Height of 50 Times the Length

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A grasshopper can jump a height of 50 times the length of its body.Yet,muscles of small and large animals exert the same force per cross-sectional area.Explain how the grasshopper can still jump a relatively greater distance than can a human.


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