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Old 02-05-2007, 06:24 AM   #7
Skaala
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any object will given a long enough fall, reach their terminal velocity by 9,8 m/s/s by

Vt is the terminal velocity,
m is the mass of the falling object,
g is gravitational acceleration,
Cd is the drag coefficient,
ρ is the density of the fluid the object is falling through, and
A is the object's cross-sectional area.
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