Drag force for larger objects at faster speeds (5-9)

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Magnitude of the drag force on a larger object moving at a faster speed

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Review

For a larger object moving at a faster speed, such as the sea turtle or skydivers in Figure 5-15, the drag force has a different dependence on the speed $v$ : Its magnitude is approximately proportional to the $\textit{square }$ of $v$ . In this case, we can write