A skydiver jumps out of a hovering helicopter, so there is no forward velocity.

Just as the skydiver steps out of the helicopter, someone who's watching starts a stopwatch. So the time is zero as the skydiver steps out of the plane. What is the skydiver's downward velocity at that instant, just before starting to fall?

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19 July, 22:31

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Hailee Strickland · Answer 1

The same as that of the aircraft that he / she is in. If flying level, it would be zero.