A Shiny, Spherical, Metal Alien Jumps Out of a Perfectly

question 32

Multiple Choice

A shiny, spherical, metal alien jumps out of a perfectly good airplane and skydives for a few seconds. Its photographic friend snaps photos of the sphere with a special camera that also captures the forces on the object. This diagram shows a few of the snapshots, but they are out of order. Place them in order, from the instant it jumps out of the plane and begins free-fall until the time it attains terminal velocity. Assume that the parachute has not deployed yet. If any of the diagrams depict a situation not physically possible, omit it from the ordering.

• A) L, Y, J, Q
• B) J, Y, L, J
• C) L, Q, J
• D) Q, Y
• E) L, J, Q

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