64 spherical rain drops of equal size are falling vertically through air with a terminal velocity 1.5 ms-1 .If these drops coalesce to form a big spherical drop, then terminal velocity of big drop is
8 ms-1
16 ms-1
24 ms-1
32 ms-1
C.
24 ms-1
Volume of big drop = 64 x volume of a small drop
⇒ R = 4 r
The terminal velocity of spherical rain drop
⇒ v ∝ r2
∴ v2 = 16 v1
= 16 × 1.5
v2 = 24 ms-1