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JEE Main 2008Mechanical Properties of Fluids Question with Solution

JEE Main 2008

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A spherical solid ball of volume is made of a material of density . It is falling through a liquid of density . Assume that the liquid applies a viscous force on the ball that is proportional to the square of its speed v, i.e., . The terminal speed of the ball is

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