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A skydiver jumps from a plane and during

the time before parachute opens, the air


resistance is proportional to the 3/2 power
of the diver’s velocity.

If it is known that the maximum rate of fall


under these conditions is 80 mph,
determine the diver’s velocity during the
first 2 sec of fall using the Euler method
with dt = 0.2.

Neglect horizontal drift and assume initial


velocity is zero. Now solve using Runge
Kutta method with h = 0.1. Compare your
answers to that of Euler method.

Hint: You need to use minimum of 5


decimals.

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