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An coconut with a mass of 2 kg and a feather with a mass of 0.01 kg fall from a tree through the air to the ground
below, both eventually reaching terminal velocity. At terminal velocity, the amount of air-rresistance force what is the answer ? A grather on the coconut B the same on each C grather on the feather

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Take into account that air-resistance force is greater against bodies with lower densities.

In this case, the feather has a lower density than the coconut, then, you can conclude that air-resistance force is greater on the feather (option C).

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