Homework Problem
Most recent answer: 12/10/2015
Q:
A person decides to jump out of an airplane. They fall for 5 seconds before pulling their parachute. The parachute pulls on the man with a force of 5000N and he accelerates negatively at a rate of 5m/s squared. In the 5 seconds he fell, how much potential energy does he lose?
- Carlos (age 18)
Aurora,CO,USA
- Carlos (age 18)
Aurora,CO,USA
A:
That's a very nice homework problem. We don't answer homework problems. Just one comment- that person is awfully heavy to be involved in this activity.
Mike W.
(published on 12/10/2015)