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A parachutist with total weight 75 kg drops vertically onto a sandy ground with a speed of `2 ms^(-1)` and comes to a halt over a distance of `0.25 m`. The average force from the ground on her is close to -

A

600 N

B

1200 N

C

1350 N

D

1950 N

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