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You go skydiving in the upper atmosphere and you want to deploy your parachute when you reach the speed of sound, 343 m/s. How many seconds should you wait after stepping out of the plane before deploying
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You go skydiving in the upper atmosphere and you want to deploy your parachute

when you reach the speed of sound, 343 m/s. How many seconds should you wait after
stepping out of the plane before deploying your chute? Ignore air friction.

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You should wait 25 seconds
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