Estimate the feathers drag coefficient

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Suppose you drop a feather and a steel ball of equal masses (0.010 kg) at the same time from a height of 1.9 m and you are told that the feather hits the floor 4.5 s after the steel ball.

A. Estimate the value of the terminal velocity of the feather in air.

B. Estimate the feather's drag coefficient.

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