Suppose a sky diver is floating downwards after deploying her parachute, moving at a constant veloc…

Suppose a sky diver is floating downwards after deploying her parachute, moving at a constant velocity. We can analyze the situation by simplifying the problem to be two objects: a 20 kg parachute and a 65 kg woman. These two objects are connected by a series of lightweight ropes, which we can simplify as being equivalent to one massless rope connecting the two objects. Image below for reference, please ask if you are unclear on the details of this situation. Assume any air resistance acting on the sky diver is negligible and can be ignored. Please write down a version of Newton’s 2nd Law for the parachute, that describes the mathematical relationship between the magnitudes and directions of vertical forces.

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