A skydiver reaches terminal velocity. Then he opens his parachute.
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Explanation:
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He's pulled upwards by the parachute. The formula is given below. Details are found searching for terminal velocity.
Whatever that calculation turns out to be, a person has to be going a whole lot slower before he can safely hit the ground. The parachute is designed so that the person will be slowed very quickly to a safe velocity so when he hits the ground the impulse will not be as great as it could be. The force that the parachute delivers acts upward and opposes the force of gravity which is a downward force.
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Answer:
<em>The force required is 3,104 N</em>
Explanation:
<u>Force</u>
According to the second Newton's law, the net force exerted by an external agent on an object of mass m is:
F = ma
Where a is the acceleration of the object.
On the other hand, the equations of the Kinematics describe the motion of the object by the equation:
Where:
vf is the final speed
vo is the initial speed
a is the acceleration
t is the time
Solving for a:
We are given the initial speed as vo=20.4 m/s, the final speed as vf=0 (at rest), and the time taken to stop the car as t=7.4 s. The acceleration is:
The acceleration is negative because the car is braking (losing speed). Now compute the force exerted on the car of mass m=1,126 kg:
F= 3,104 N
The force required is 3,104 N