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A skydiver reaches terminal velocity. Then he opens his parachute. What happens to the skydiver as the parachute opens?
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A skydiver reaches terminal velocity. Then he opens his parachute.

What happens to the skydiver as the parachute opens?

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He's pulled upwards by the parachute. The formula is given below. Details are found searching for terminal velocity.


V_t=\sqrt(2mg)/(\rho A C_d)

Whatever that calculation turns out to be, a person has to be going a whole lot slower before he can safely hit the ground. The parachute is designed so that the person will be slowed very quickly to a safe velocity so when he hits the ground the impulse will not be as great as it could be. The force that the parachute delivers acts upward and opposes the force of gravity which is a downward force.

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