A hot air balloon consists of a basket one passenger and

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A hot air balloon consists of a basket one passenger and some cargo Let the total mass be M even though there is an upward lift force on the balloon the balloon is initially accelerating downwards at a rate of g 3 The passenger notices that he is heading straight for a waterfall and decides he needs to go up What fraction of the total wight must he drop overboard so that the balloon accelerates upward at a rate of g 2 Assume that the upward lift force remains the same