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A 10-m-long glider with a mass of 680 kg (including the
Chapter 9, Problem 16E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 16E
A 10-m-long glider with a mass of 680 kg (including the passengers) is gliding horizontally through the ah at 30 m/s when a 60 kg skydiver drops out by releasing his grip on the glider, What is the glider’s velocity just after the skydiver lets go?
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QUESTION:
Problem 16E
A 10-m-long glider with a mass of 680 kg (including the passengers) is gliding horizontally through the ah at 30 m/s when a 60 kg skydiver drops out by releasing his grip on the glider, What is the glider’s velocity just after the skydiver lets go?
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The objective here is to calculate the speed of a glider just after a diver drops off from it, when the mass of the glider-diver system and the initial speed of the glider are known.