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Fittoniya [83]
3 years ago
5

Two skydivers of different masses jump from a plane. explain how their falls compare, including the effects of gravity, mass, an

d air resistance.
Physics
1 answer:
Lady bird [3.3K]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Explanation:  Air resistance is insignificant for heavy objects precisely because it doesn't depend on the mass. This is because a force is just an interaction that tries to change the momentum of an object, and the momentum depends on the mass; the larger the mass, the larger the momentum, and the more force you need to change it.

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