P6.31 (a) A luxury sports car has a frontal area of 2.08 m? and a 0.29 coefficient of drag at 95 km/h. What is the drag force on the vehicle at this speed? (b) A sport-utility vehicle has Cp = 0.45 at 95 km/h and a slightly larger frontal area of 2.70 m?. What is the drag force in this case?

P6.31 (a) A luxury sports car has a frontal area of 2.08 m? and a 0.29 coefficient of drag at 95 km/h. What is the drag force on the vehicle at this speed? (b) A sport-utility vehicle has Cp = 0.45 at 95 km/h and a slightly larger frontal area of 2.70 m?. What is the drag force in this case?

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(a) A luxury sports car has a frontal area of 2.08 m? and a 0.29 coefficient of
drag at 95 km/h. What is the drag force on the vehicle at this speed?
(b) A sport-utility vehicle has Cp = 0.45 at 95 km/h and a slightly larger
frontal area of 2.70 m?. What is the drag force in this case?

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