The given mass is 0.025563 g.
Examine the given choices.
a. 0.026 g
This uses 2 significant digits, with rounding to the 3rd decimal place.
b. 2.5 x 10² g = 250 g.
It is incorrect.
c. 0.025 g.
This uses 2 significant digits. It is inaccurate because it does not use rounding to the 3rd decimal place.
d. 0.02 g
This uses one significant digit. It is incorrect for representing the given data.
Answer: a. 0.026 g
Look at this table. Accleration of gravity means gravitational constant.
Answer: zero.
Justification:
The downward velocity of the sky diver just before starting to fall is zero, assuming that the helicopter is not moving but just hovering.
Before starting to fall, the velocity of the skydiver is the same of the helicopter, which is zero. It is only, once she jumps out of the helicopter that her weight is not supported by the helicopter and so the gravitational force of the Earth attracts the skydiver and she starts to gain velocity at a rate equal to g (around 9.81 m/s²).
How dense the medium is in the compression part of the wave and how rare the medium is in the rarefaction part of the wave is a measure of the longitudinal wave's amplitude.
