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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

At the end of a run, a parachute is released from the back of a THRUST SSC. Explain the effect which the parachute has on the motion of the car

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@broken_symmetry @doc.brown @Luigi0210

OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLEASE HELP!!!

OpenStudy (doc.brown):

What's your hunch?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That it makes the car slow down because it increases air resistance (hunch)

OpenStudy (doc.brown):

You got it. More surface area touches more air. Air doesn't get out of the way very quickly.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thnx so much

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