Dot Physics  Dangerous Jumping Calculator  Maybe this could fall
under my “physics of parkour”. It could also apply to the
MythBusters “dumpster diving” episode. In both of these cases,
the question is: how far can you jump off of something and not
severely hurt yourself. They do this a lot in parkour. Here are
some examples:  There are a ton of these things on youtube. Let
me go ahead and say it. I would not recommend trying any of this
stuff. Even reading this blog won’t adequately prepare you. So,
if you go ahead and try to do some cool jump, don’t blame me for
your injuries.  Now that the warning is out there – let me get
on to the physics. Here is the general situation. A person jumps
off a building and lands. The two important parameters are: how
high was the building and how far did the person take to stop.
Here is a diagram:   I am going to make the choice to have h the
distance from where the person starts the jump to where the
person ends the jump (vertical motion only). The distance the
person stop