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When skydiver Nellie opens her parachute, the air drag
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When skydiver Nellie opens her parachute, the air drag pushing the chute upward is stronger than Earth’s force of gravity pulling her downward. A friend says this means she should start moving upward. Discuss with your friend why this isn’t so, and what does happen.
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QUESTION:
When skydiver Nellie opens her parachute, the air drag pushing the chute upward is stronger than Earth’s force of gravity pulling her downward. A friend says this means she should start moving upward. Discuss with your friend why this isn’t so, and what does happen.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
When the skydiver opens her parachute while moving downwards, it results in an upward force acting on the parachute due to air resistance, this force acting upwards on the parachute is called drag force.