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Keep in mind, the energy is conserved in a pendulum.
Here’s more information:
https://blogs.bu.edu/ggarber/interlace/pendulum/energy-in-a-pendulum/
Answer:
3.49 seconds
3.75 seconds
-43200 ft/s²
Explanation:
t = Time taken
u = Initial velocity
v = Final velocity
s = Displacement
a = Acceleration

Time the parachutist falls without friction is 3.19 seconds

Speed of the parachutist when he opens the parachute 31.32 m/s. Now, this will be considered as the initial velocity

So, time the parachutist stayed in the air was 3.19+0.3 = 3.49 seconds


Now the initial velocity of the last half height will be the final velocity of the first half height.

Since the height are equal


Time taken to fall the first half is 2.65 seconds
Total time taken to fall is 2.65+1.1 = 3.75 seconds.
When an object is thrown with a velocity upwards then the velocity of the object at the point to where it was thrown becomes equal to the initial velocity.

Magnitude of acceleration is -43200 ft/s²
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Essentially, a control variable is what is kept the same throughout the experiment, and it is not of primary concern in the experimental outcome. Any change in a control variable in an experiment would invalidate the correlation of dependent variables (DV) to the independent variable (IV), thus skewing the results.