Question: The acceleration ( a vector quantity ) of gravity on a sky diver is 9 . 8 m s 2 . If the force of

The acceleration (a vector quantity) of gravity on a sky diver is 9.8ms2. If the force of the wind also causes an acceleration of 2.4ms2 at an angle of 17 above the horizontal, what is the resultant acceleration of the sky diver?
Set up the problem by representing each force as a vector. Let S represent the downward force on the sky diver due to gravity, let W represent the upward force on the sky diver due to the wind, and let R represent the resultant vector.
\table[[Vector,Magnitude,Standard-position Angle],[S,,grad,],[W,,grad,]]
The acceleration ( a vector quantity ) of gravity

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