Assignment:
Rate of descent Parachutes. The U.S Army is considering a new parachute, the Advanced Tactical Parachute System (ATPS). A jump at 2,880 ft using the ATPS system lasts 180 secs.
(A) Find a linear model relating altitude a (in feet) and time in the air t (in seconds).
(B) Find the rate of descent for an ATPS system parachute.
(C) Find the speed of the parachutist at landing.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.