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Free Fall
Parachute Landing
Megan bailed out of her plane at an altitude of 8000 feet, fell freely for 15 seconds, and then opened her parachute. Assume that the drag coefficients are a=0.1 for a free fall and a=1.6 with a parachute. When did she land(in seconds)?
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