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Thanks a lot for the help, we solved the problem just now.

Helping my daughter with her homework (trying to help). A 65 kg parachuter hits the beach with a speed of 4.0 m/s, making a 0.2 m deep indentation in the sand. With what average force did the parachuter hit the sand? From what I found in the text it seems you need a time (which they don't...

Thanks to all. You may here from me again. My daughter is a freshman in high school taking honors physics & physics was not my strong point. This site is a great resource. Thanks again.

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She has to figure out where to place a second kid on a seesaw to balance the seesaw. They give you the weight of the seesaw in the problem. Is this relevant? Or do you ignore the weight of the seesaw?

She has to figure out where to place a second kid on a seesaw to balance the seesaw. They give you the weight of the seesaw in the problem. Is this relevant? Or do you ignore the weight of the seesaw?