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A drop of water of radius 0.0015 mm is falling in air .If the cofficient of viscosity of air is `2.0 xx 10^(-5) kg m^(-1)s^(-1)` ,the terminal velocity of the drop will be
(The density of water = `10^(3) kg m^(-3)` and g = `10 m s^(-2)` )

A

`1.0 xx10^(-4) m//s`

B

`2.0 xx10^(-4) m//s`

C

`2.5 xx10^(-4) m//s`

D

`5.0 xx10^(-4) m//s`

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C

`V_(T)=(2)/(9)(r^(2))/(eta)(rho-sigma)g`
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