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explain how a body attains a terminal velocity when it is dropped from rest in a viscous medium. describe an expression for terminal velocity of a small spherical body falling through a viscous medium

explain how a body attains a terminal velocity when it is dropped from rest in a viscous medium. describe an expression for terminal velocity of a small spherical body falling through a viscous medium

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Kalash Jha
18 Points
2 years ago
When a body falls through a viscous medium with ist terminal velocity, it is moving with a constant velocity. It means no resultant force is acting on the body, since the gravity pull has been balanced by viscous drag and buoyance of medium. Therefore, the effective weight of body becomes zero.

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