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TiliK225 [7]
3 years ago
11

Explain how a parachute works

Physics
2 answers:
Artist 52 [7]3 years ago
5 0
As the skydiver and the parachute fall, the air around them fills the inside of the parachute and causes them both to fall at a much slower rate than normal. The large surface area, and the light weight of the parachute allow it to fall slowly.
Shtirlitz [24]3 years ago
4 0
A parachute increases air friction, thus reducing falling speed.

Indeed, the air friction is roughly proportional to the surface of the object falling down; the parachute tremendously increases that surface.
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I got everything but i. Don't know why but it's eluding me. So let's do everything but that.

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