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A sphere falls at terminal speed in a viscous fluid. Doubling its radius changes that speed by what factor?
ATwo times
BEight times
CSixteen times
DFour times
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Four times
Excess weight scales as R cubed while Stokes drag scales as R, so terminal velocity scales as R squared and doubling R gives four times.
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