A frozen turkey that weighs 10N is dropped from an aircraft. It reaches a terminal velocity of 120 km/s. It falls on a soft surface that takes 0.1 second to absorb the force to bring the turkey to rest (assume no bouncing). Write only the equation for the force.

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A frozen turkey that weighs 10N is dropped from an aircraft. It reaches a
terminal velocity of 120 km/s. It falls on a soft surface that takes 0.1 second to absorb the
force to bring the turkey to rest (assume no bouncing). Write only the equation for the
force.

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