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A 2-kg object is dropped from a height of 1000 m. What is the force of air resistance on the object when it reaches terminal velocity

A 2-kg object is dropped from a height of 1000 m. What is the force of air resistance on the object when it reaches terminal velocity
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a 2-kg object is dropped from a height of 1000 m. What is the force of air resistance on the object when it reaches terminal velocity

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It stops accelerating when the air resistance is equal to its weight.
That's (m•g)

= (2 kg) • (9.8 m/s^2)

= 19.6 newtons
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