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At a surprise party for a friend you’ve tied a series of 20-cmdiameter helium balloons to a flagpole, each tied with a short string. The first one is tied 1 m above the ground, and the other eight are tied at 1 m spacings, so that the last is tied at a height of 9 m. You notice that in the steady wind, each balloon is blown by the wind so it looks like the angles that the strings make with the vertical are about 10°, 20°, 30°, 35°, 40°, 45°, 50°, 60°, and 65°. Estimate and plot the wind velocity profile for the 9-m range. Assume the helium is at 20°C and 10 kPa gage and that each balloon is made of 3 g of latex.
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