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How does opening a parachute slow the fall rate of a skydiver?
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How does opening a parachute slow the fall rate of a skydiver?

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the air is being stopped in the pocket of the parachutes theys why the parachute has a certain shape so that the air that gets caught inside of it as the skydiver goes down slows down the landing

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