A skydiver reaches terminal velocity because:

  1. air drag increases with speed until it balances weight
  2. mass decreases
  3. the air pushes upward more than weight
  4. gravity stops acting
Answer

A) air drag increases with speed until it balances weight

Then acceleration is zero. SLO P-11-B-42 · Understanding

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