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A bus is traveling at constant speed of 8 m/s due west. A parachutist is falling...

A bus is traveling at constant speed of 8 m/s due west. A parachutist is falling at a constant speed of 6 m/s as seen by a man on the ground. A passenger in the bus measures the speed of the parachutist (in m/s) to be

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