The air resistance to the motion of a vehicle is something important that engineers investigate. As you may also know, the drag force acting on a car is determined experimentally by placing the car in a wind tunnel. For a given car, the experimental data is generally represented by a single coefficient that is called the drag coefficient. It is given by the relationship: Fa C, = where C, = drag coefficient F, = measured drag force (Ib) p = air density (slugs/ft') V = air speed inside the wind tunnel (ft/s) A = frontal area of the car (ft²) What is the appropriate unit for C, if the preceding equation is to be homogeneous in units? Show all steps of your work.

The air resistance to the motion of a vehicle is something important that engineers investigate. As you may also know, the drag force acting on a car is determined experimentally by placing the car in a wind tunnel. For a given car, the experimental data is generally represented by a single coefficient that is called the drag coefficient. It is given by the relationship: Fa C, = where C, = drag coefficient F, = measured drag force (Ib) p = air density (slugs/ft') V = air speed inside the wind tunnel (ft/s) A = frontal area of the car (ft²) What is the appropriate unit for C, if the preceding equation is to be homogeneous in units? Show all steps of your work.

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