Question: An aluminum sphere (specific gravity = 2.7) falling through water reaches a terminal speed of 5.0 cm/s. What is the terminal speed of an air

An aluminum sphere (specific gravity = 2.7) falling through water reaches a terminal speed of 5.0 cm/s. What is the terminal speed of an air bubble of the same radius rising through water? Assume viscous drag in both cases and ignore the possibility of changes in size or shape of the air bubble; the temperature is 20 °C?

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