Physics · Oct / Nov 2017 · Paper 11 · Question 5

A skydiver falls at terminal velocity. He then opens his parachute. Which row gives the direction of the resultant force on the skydiver and the direction of the acceleration of the skydiver immediately after the parachute opens?

1. Aresultant force: downwards; acceleration: downwards
2. Bresultant force: downwards; acceleration: upwards
3. Cresultant force: upwards; acceleration: downwards
4. Dresultant force: upwards; acceleration: upwards

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