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Chapter 16, Problem 21PE
A 90.0−kg skydiver hanging from a parachute bounces up and down with a period of 1.50 s. What is the new period of oscillation when a second skydiver, whose mass is 60.0 kg, hangs from the legs of the first, as seen in Figure 16.47.
Figure 16.4? The oscillations of one Skydiver are about to be affected by a second skydiver. (credit: U.S. Army, www.army.mil)
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