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Well, I decided to give one last try at it after reading a similar thread, and it turns out the answer is actually 0.035 seconds to slow down. Seems very absurd, but anyone else with the same Mastering Physics question may as well try this answer.

I suppose I may as well point out all the answers in time that I have tried, all of which were wrong: 0.0074 seconds 0.37 seconds 0.014 seconds 0.0076 seconds 0.77 seconds

Homework Statement You dive straight down into a pool of water. You hit the water with a speed of 7.0m/s, and your mass is 75kg. Assuming a drag force of the form F_D = (−1.00×10^4kg/s)*v, how long does it take you to reach 2% of your original speed? (Ignore any effects of buoyancy.)...