While skydiving, your parachute opens and you slow from 48 m/s to 8 m/s in 1.1s. Determine the distance you fall while the parachute is opening. Some people faint if they experience acceleration greater than 5g (5 times the free fall acceleration 9.8m/s"). Will you feel faint? Explain and discuss simplifying assumptions inherent in your explanation.

While skydiving, your parachute opens and you slow from 48 m/s to 8 m/s in 1.1s. Determine the distance you fall while the parachute is opening. Some people faint if they experience acceleration greater than 5g (5 times the free fall acceleration 9.8m/s"). Will you feel faint? Explain and discuss simplifying assumptions inherent in your explanation.

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Chapter2: Motion In One Dimension

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Problem 2.60AP: A certain automobile manufacturer claims that its deluxe sports car will accelerate from rest to a...

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