Calculate time of solid passing through a liquid with the given values

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The discussion revolves around estimating the time it takes for a marble weighing 6g and having a density of 3.4 to travel 5.8cm through a liquid with a density of 1.345 in a 200ml container. Participants suggest using Stokes' Law to calculate the time of descent, indicating that this scenario resembles a typical homework problem. The need for a workaround to estimate the time due to lost data from the Marble Race experiment is emphasized.

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Summary:: We conducted the Marble Race experiment but the data of the time was lost. So I'm wondering if there's a workaround to at least put a rough estimate on it.

How long it would take for the marble that weights 6g with a density of 3.4 to cover a distance of 5.8cm passing through a liquid with 1.345 density in a 200ml container?
 
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Google Stokes law.
 
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This sounds like a homework problem. Is it?
 
Chestermiller said:
This sounds like a homework problem. Is it?
Definitely homework like, somehow I was in a soft mood when I saw it in the morning ;)
 
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