Question: ( b ) A skydiver having mass ( m ) diving with the standard skydiving posture. The body of the skydiver is flat

(b) A skydiver having mass \( m \) diving with the standard skydiving posture. The body of the skydiver is flat and horizontal with spread arms and legs. The cross-sectional area of the skydiver's body is \( A \). The density of air is \(\rho \), and the drag coefficient is \( C_{d}\).
(i) Find an expression for the terminal velocity \( v_{t}\) of the skydiver.
(8 marks)
(ii) If the skydiver deploys a parachute that takes the shape of a hemisphere having drag coefficient \( C_{p}\), find the expression for the parachute's cross-sectional area \( A_{p}\) if the safe landing velocity is \( v_{s}\). In this calculation, the drag force acting on the skydiver is negligible compared to that on the parachute.
(7 marks)
( b ) A skydiver having mass \ ( m \ ) diving

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