Consider the skydiver and parachute to be a single system. Identify the external forces acting on this
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Consider the skydiver and parachute to be a single system. Identify the external forces acting on this system and draw an FBD.
A skydiver, who weighs 650 N, is falling at a constant speed with his parachute open. Consider the apparatus that connects the parachute to the skydiver to be part of the parachute. The parachute pulls upward on the skydiver with a force of 620 N.
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