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Now you are ready to measure the jump distance. Any ruler will do.

To convert this jump length measurement to a real life horizontal displacement, you need to multiply by your scale factor:

real distance = measured distance x scale factor

For example, on our monitor we got:

measured distance = 15.24

scale factor = 34

real distance = 15.24 cm x 34 = 518 cm = 5.18 m

Your answer should be close to 5.18 -- it's hard to measure accurately on the screen! But, if it's way off, try again.

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