It is autumn. You look outside a window and see a maple leaf falling face down, in a straight vertical line. You estimate the speed of the leaf to be 25.77 cm/s. You then pick up the leaf and do measurements. It has a mass of 2.76 g and a cross sectional area of 76 square cm. You measure the density of air to be 1.298 kg m-³. What is the drag coefficient between the leaf and the air? (numerical value only) Number (Hint: For an object to fall with constant speed, it must be at 'terminal velocity'.)

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It is autumn. You look outside a window and see a maple leaf falling face down, in a straight vertical line. You estimate the speed of the leaf to be 25.77 cm/s.
You then pick up the leaf and do measurements. It has a mass of 2.76 g and a cross sectional area of 76 square cm. You measure the density of air to
be 1.298 kg m-³.
What is the drag coefficient between the leaf and the air? (numerical value only)
Number
(Hint: For an object to fall with constant speed, it must be at 'terminal velocity'.)
Transcribed Image Text:It is autumn. You look outside a window and see a maple leaf falling face down, in a straight vertical line. You estimate the speed of the leaf to be 25.77 cm/s. You then pick up the leaf and do measurements. It has a mass of 2.76 g and a cross sectional area of 76 square cm. You measure the density of air to be 1.298 kg m-³. What is the drag coefficient between the leaf and the air? (numerical value only) Number (Hint: For an object to fall with constant speed, it must be at 'terminal velocity'.)
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