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Skydiving

Author
: Douglas Meade
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This worksheet derives the equations of motion for a parachute jumper, including the distance, velocity, acceleration and jerk (rate of change of acceleration).

Application Details

Publish Date: June 18, 2001
Created In: Maple 6
Language: English

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