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Homework Statement
A 10-m-long glider with a mass of 680 kg (including passengers) is gliding horizontally through the air at 30 m/s when a 60 kg skydriver drops out by releasing his grip on the glider. What is the glider's velocity just after the skydiver let's go?
Homework Equations
Pi= Pf
m1v1= m2v2
The Attempt at a Solution
m1v1=m2v2
(680)(30)= (680-60)v2
v2= 32.9 m/s
Glider's velocity just after the skydiver let's go is 32.9 m/s.
This is how I solved the question. however, for the concept of conservation of momentum, it has to be an isolated system right. So when one skydiver let's go, do we ignore the force of gravity on the skydiver? This question seems too easy this way but I can't seem to relate it to the concept of the isolated system. Thanks in advance!
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