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How Fast Does a Skydiver Fall?
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To determine how fast a skydiver will fall depends on how they fell from the plane. If they fell head first then they will fall faster. If they fell in a skydiving pose then they will fall slower.
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Terminal velocity for a sky diver in freefall is 120mph.
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When skydivers jump out of an airplane they drop towards the ground at about 120 MPH. Opening a parachute slows the skydiver down to 12 MPH. That's still a lot faster than you can
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very very fast.
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By increasing or decreasing their body surface; the larger your body surface, the greater the drag, the slower you fall. So, by making making a ball with your body, you fall a lot
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