Question: A hovering mosquito is hit by a raindrop that is 4 0 times as massive and falling at 8 . 9 m / sm /

A hovering mosquito is hit by a raindrop that is 40 times as massive and falling at 8.9 m/sm/s, a typical raindrop speed. How fast is the raindrop, with the attached mosquito, falling immediately afterward if the collision is perfectly inelastic?

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