A skydiver jumps head first from 14,000 ft. He falls for 9 seconds and then reaches his terminal velocity. However, he forgot his parachute. Calculate his terminal velocity.
The terminal velocity can be calculated using the following kinematic equation:

A skydiver jumps head first from 14,000 ft. He falls for 9 seconds and then reaches...
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