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If a cotton ball is dropped from 12 meters with air resistance, what will be the velocity and acceleration at t = 1.00 s?

If a cotton ball is dropped from 12 meters with air resistance, what will be the velocity and acceleration at t = 1.00 s?
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If a cotton ball is dropped from 12 meters with air resistance, what will be the velocity and acceleration at t = 1.00 s?

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All we can say is that they will be less than 9.8 m/s and 9.8 m/s^2. The exact numbers will depend on the cotton ball's weight, volume, density, shape, and surface roughness, and I would guess that no two cotton balls will produce the same numbers.
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