Eight drops of water, each of radius 2 mm are falling through air at a terminal velocity of 8 cm s-1. If they coalesce to form a single drop, then the terminal velocity of combined drop will be
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a
32 cm s-1
b
30 cm s-1
c
28 cm s-1
d
24 cm s-1
answer is A.
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Let the radius of bigger drop is R is smaller drop is r then 43πR3 = 8×43×πR3or R = 2r ------(i)Terminal velocity, v ∞ r2v'v = R2r2 = (2rr)2 = 4or v' = 4v = 4×8 = 32 cm s-1