Newton showed that the air resistance on a falling object with a circular cross section should be

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Newton showed that the air resistance on a falling object with a circular cross section should be approximately ½ρπr2v2 , where ρ = 1.2 kg/m3, the density of air. Find the terminal speed for a 56-kg sky diver, assuming that his cross-sectional area is equivalent to that of a disk of radius 0.30 m.

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