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Homework Statement
(a) Estimate the terminal speed of a wooden sphere (density 0.870 g/cm3) falling through air, if its radius is 8.00 cm and its drag coefficient is 0.500. (The density of air is 1.20 kg/m3.)
(b) From what height would a freely falling object reach this speed in the absence of air resistance?
Homework Equations
Vt = sqrt((2mg)/(DroeA))
v^2=2gx
The Attempt at a Solution
(A)
r=.08m
A=r^2pi=.020106
d=870kg/m^3
m=4/3pir^3*d=1.86585
so Vt should be sqrt((2(1.86585)g)/((.5)(1.2)(.020106))) or55.1
but it says that's wrong
can't start b without an a answer.