For a while the university students would throw marshmallows after a touchdown at the football games, but people complained someone might be hurt by a thrown marshmallow. What is the terminal velocity of a marshmallow? Assume the marshmallow’s mass is 5 grams, and its effective diameter is 5 cm. Let the drag coefficient be .6 and the air density 1.21 kg/m^3

For a while the university students would throw marshmallows after a touchdown at the football games, but people complained someone might be hurt by a thrown marshmallow. What is the terminal velocity of a marshmallow? Assume the marshmallow’s mass is 5 grams, and its effective diameter is 5 cm. Let the drag coefficient be .6 and the air density 1.21 kg/m^3

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter5: More Applications Of Newton’s Laws

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