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A person who weighs 200 lbs is falling through the sky while attached to a parachute. The equation of the downward velocity as a function of time for this is:
dv/dt = g - (k/m)v
Where g is the acceleration due to gravity, m the person's mass, and k is a constant depending on the physical properties of the parachute.
Question: How does this equation physically make sense? Where does the variables from the ride hand side come from?
dv/dt = g - (k/m)v
Where g is the acceleration due to gravity, m the person's mass, and k is a constant depending on the physical properties of the parachute.
Question: How does this equation physically make sense? Where does the variables from the ride hand side come from?