During a relief mission organized by the Indian Air Force, supply packages are dropped from aircraft to remote flood-affected areas.
Before the drop, engineers must calculate the gravitational force acting on the package. This helps design parachutes that safely slow the package before landing.
Engineer Ananya must calculate the force acting on the falling package due to Earth’s gravity.
A package of mass m kg is falling freely under gravity.
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