While skydiving, its not just freely falling under Earth's gravity. Additional force called drag acts against the gravity which slows down the rate of fall. Drag is caused by the air molecules which pushes against the body as it falls through them. This is actually a significant amount of force which slows down the rate of fall of the body. Drag depends on the contact surface area and weight. More the surface area in contact, more would be the drag. The sitting position of the skydiver would experience less drag than the chest down position because of the less contact surface area of the body with the air molecules while in the former case. No two persons have identical body shape and weight. Hence, the rate of fall can be made nearly equal but not exactly equal. This is would be possible when they are having same body position.
A barometer is used to measure air pressure!
Answer:
The average speed of the elevator going down in the abandoned mine is 17.722mph.
Explanation:
If the elevator takes 90 seconds to descend a height of 713m, the average speed of the elevator is:
And if 1m/s is 2.23694mph, the average speed is:
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Gamma radiation is composed of the stable form of nuclei and most important Helium Atom is released in this reaction !
gamma radiation is due to fission in which the radioactive substance is bombarded and as a result a stable form of that element is formed and a Helium atom !
