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Minimum stopping distance for skydiver at terminal velocity with 75g acceleration limit
Then I'm assuming that after my calculations, that would be the minimum distance?- Xman1120
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Minimum stopping distance for skydiver at terminal velocity with 75g acceleration limit
Homework Statement For a brief moment, the human body can withstand accelerations of up to 75g. If a sky diver is unlucky enough to have a parachute fail, and hits the ground with a terminal velocity of 50 m/s, what is the minimum distance over which he can come to a rest (assuming constant...- Xman1120
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