Question: 1 . For this problem assume drag force is proportional to velocity squared and g = 1 0 m / s 2 . The approximate

1. For this problem assume drag force is proportional to velocity squared and g =10 m/s2. The approximate terminal velocity of a (theoretical)200 kg skydiver is -55 m/s. A parachute is designed such that the 200 kg skydiver has a terminal velocity of -5 m/s. Assume the parachute deployment is instantaneous.(a) Compute the drag coefficient k of the parachute.(b) A 200 kg skydiver has deployed the parachute. State a differential equation modeling the velocity of the skydiver as a function of time. (Please do not solve yet)(c) Use the substitution to restate the equation so that height x is the independentvariable. (Do not solve it yet ...please.)(d) At what altitude should the parachute be deployed so that the 200 kg skydiver is slowed from -55 m/s to -10 m/s before landing? (Hint: NOW you can solve. Use the initial condition v(x0)=-55 together with your equation from (c) to get a unique solution and then use it to solve for x0.)

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