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A group of students must design an egg-carrying device that will prevent a raw egg from breaking when it is dropped from a two-story window The diagram shows one group's design. How does the parachute
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A group of students must design an egg-carrying device that will prevent a raw egg from breaking when it is dropped from a two-story

window The diagram shows one group's design. How does the parachute help to minimize the force on the egg upon impact with the
ground?

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The parachute increases the air resistance which would be calculated as a force opposite the direction of the force of gravity. These two forces oppose one another decreasing the acceleration of the egg. Since net force is equal to mass times acceleration the net force would decrease since the acceleration did.
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