How can understanding free fall be useful for activities like skydiving?

[wordsand]

Homework Statement

What are the applications of free fall in our daily life?

Homework Equations

How is it applied?

The Attempt at a Solution

One example is sky diving,I need to know more.
A sky diver must have knowledge on the concept of free fall
like what position he/she should be into increase or decrease acceleration and
when to open the parachute.

 

[fss]

Examples of free fall are pretty much anywhere. A cat launching themselves off a windowsill, for example. Take 5 minutes and look around your apartment or house and you should be able to come up with many.

 

[wordsand]

Yes, but I was thinking perhaps the important applications of Free Fall.
I mean, people need to know stuff about free fall for rescues and emergency packs.
calculating stuff about a jumping cat or a kid playing ball isn't really that important..I think.

 

[fss]

Yes, but I was thinking perhaps the important applications of Free Fall.
I mean, people need to know stuff about free fall for rescues and emergency packs.
calculating stuff about a jumping cat or a kid playing ball isn't really that important..I think.

That was not the question you asked. You asked about applications of free fall in daily life. If you meant something different, perhaps you should have been more accurate with your question.

 

[dmriser]

Water free falling onto you from your shower perhaps? I see leaves in free fall from the trees in my backyard. A raw pizza dough that has been tossed up into the air and falls back down. I suppose you could use a woman jumping from a burning building into the safety of the fire net. However that does not seem so everyday to me. Perhaps you could make a case that satellites are free falling around the earth. Good luck.

 

[wordsand]

okay, thanks

 

[wordsand]

That was not the question you asked. You asked about applications of free fall in daily life. If you meant something different, perhaps you should have been more accurate with your question.

Yeah, guess I should have been clearer...sorry but thanks anyways.