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A person falls for 5 seconds before pulling a parachute. What would their velocity be just before they pulled the chute?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Vf = vo + at vo = 0

so this becomes

Vf = at = 9.81 m/s^2 * 5 = ~ 49 m/s

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