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A parachutist having a mass m opens his parachute from an at-rest position at a very high...

A parachutist having a mass m opens his parachute from an at-rest position at a very high altitude. If the atmospheric drag resistance is FD = kv2, where k is a constant, determine his velocity when he has fallen for a time t. What is his velocity when he lands on the ground? This velocity is referred to as the terminal velocity, which is found by letting the time of fall t → ∞.

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