(a) What is the acceleration of two falling skydivers (mass 132 kg including parachute) when the upward...

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(a) What is the acceleration of two falling skydivers (mass 132 kg including parachute) when the upward force of air resistance is equal to one-fourth of their weight?
(b) After popping open the parachute the divers descend leisurely to the ground at constant speed. What now is the force of air resistance on the sky divers and their parachute? See Fig.4-39?


(a) What is the acceleration of two falling skydivers (mass
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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321568090

11th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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