A parachutist relies on air resistance (mainly on her parachute) to decrease her downward velocity. She and her parachute have a mass of 56.5kg and air resistance exerts a total upward force of 660N on her and her parachute.
Part A: What is the combined weight of the parachutist and parachute?
Part B: Draw a free-body diagram for the parachutist. Draw the force vectors with their tails at the dot. The orientation of your vectors will be graded. The exact length of your vectors will not be graded but the relative length of one to the other will be graded.
Part C: Calculate the net force on the parachutist.
Part D: Is the net force upward or downward? Is the net force upward or downward?
Part E: What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the parachutist?
Part F: What is the direction of the acceleration? What is the direction of the acceleration?