Why when a parachutist jumps out of an airplane is the vertical drag forces maximum at terminal velocity when parachute open and closed?  When the parachute is opened or closed the reason is because terminal velocity is the same, I think.  I chose first open, then closed, then neither.  Finally, I chose both open and closed.  This back and forth gave me 0 points.  This means I don't understand, and ask you to help me understand

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Why when a parachutist jumps out of an airplane is the vertical drag forces maximum at terminal velocity when parachute open and closed?  When the parachute is opened or closed the reason is because terminal velocity is the same, I think.  I chose first open, then closed, then neither.  Finally, I chose both open and closed.  This back and forth gave me 0 points.  This means I don't understand, and ask you to help me understand

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