College Physics
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780134601823
Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 2, Problem 60P
While skydiving, your parachute opens and you slow from 50.0 m/s to 8.0 m/s in 0.80s. Determine the distance you fall while the parachute is opening. Some people faint if they experience acceleration greater than 5g (5 times 9.8 m/s2). Will you feel faint? Explain and discuss simplifying assumptions inherent in your explanation.
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