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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Fluid mechanics
  • JEE Mains 2026
  • Easy
  • Numerical

The terminal velocity of a metallic ball of radius 6 mm in a viscous fluid is \(20 cm / s\). The terminal velocity of another ball of same material and having radius 3 mm in the same fluid will be _________ \(cm / s\).

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(B) 5

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We know:
Terminal velocity \(\propto(\text { radius })^2\)
\(\frac{\left( v _{ T }\right)_1}{\left( v _{ T }\right)_2}=\left(\frac{6}{3}\right)^2\)
\(\left( v _{ T }\right)_2=\frac{\left( v _{ T }\right)_1}{4}=5 cm / sec\)