Answer to Question #42193 in Mechanics | Relativity for Neelima Borade

Question

1. Water drips from the nozzle of a shower onto the floor 200 cm below. The drops fall at regular (equal) intervals of time, the first drop striking the floor at the instant the fourth drop begins to fall. Find the locations of the second and third drops when the first strikes the floor.
2. A parachutist bails out and freely falls 50 m. Then the parachute opens and thereafter she decelerates at 2.0 m/s2. She reaches the ground with a speed of 3.0 m/s. How long is the parachutist in the air? At what height does the fall begin?