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If the seafloor is spreading why isn't earth getting bigger?

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Well there are areas of the seafloor that are spreading due to tectonic plates moving apart but there are also places where these plates meet and one slides under the other (subduction zones) as a result, the earth is not getting bigger since these two actions cancel each other out.

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$v_{T}=\sqrt{\frac{2mg}{\rho CA} }$

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m is mass in kg

g is acceleration due to gravitational force in m/s²

ρ is density of the fluid in kg/m³

C is drag coefficient

A is area of the object in the fluid in m²

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The 52kg skydiver has terminal velocity of:

$v_{T}=\sqrt{\frac{2(52)(9.8)}{(1.21)(0.7)(0.14)} }$

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$v_{T}=\sqrt{\frac{2(95)(9.8)}{(1.21)(0.7)(0.14)} }$

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The 52 kg and 95kg skydivers' terminal velocity are 9.09m/s and 12.3m/s, respectively.

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52 kg at 9.09 m/s:

$t=\frac{4750}{9.09}$

t = 522.5

95 kg at 12.3 m/s:

$t=\frac{4750}{12.3}$

t = 386.2

The 52 kg and 95kg skydivers' time to reach the floor are 522.5 s and 386.2 s, respectively.

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