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torybrooks

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A skydiver jumps out of a hovering helicopter. A few seconds later, another skydiver jumps out, so they both fall along the same vertical line relative to the helicopter. Both skydivers fall with the same acceleration. (Assume g is constant.) The difference in their velocities
  1.increases.
  2.decreases.
  3.stays the same.

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A skydiver jumps out of a hovering helicopter. A few seconds later, another skydiver jumps out, so they both fall along the same vertical line relative to the helicopter. Both skydivers fall with the same acceleration. (Assume g is constant.) The vertical distance between them
  1.increases.
  2.decreases.
  3.stays the same.



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