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Parachute Investigation Task To investigate the decent rate of a parachute dropped from various heights, other variables could be - * Weight * Shape of canopy * Weather - temperature, wind * Released from hands or thrown into the air * Strings * Material * Surface area Method To be able to keep it a fair test I needed to use the same parachute all the time also the weight had to be kept the same at all time. I assembled a few parachutes and investigated which material for the canopy would be most suitable, to perform the investigation, for instance different materials may be heavier than others and will descend much quicker making it hard to record the results, also different materials will have different air resistances making it hard again to record the results. I have now created the canopy using plastic as this is the most effective with a surface area of 38cm x 34.7cm = 1318.6cm . The size...

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