Question

A small drop of water falls from rest through a large height $h$ in air, the final velocity is

• A. proportional to $\sqrt{h}$
• B. proportional to $h$
• C. inversely proportional to $h$
• D. independent of $h$

Answer 1

The correct option is D independent of $h$

Terminal velocity is given by,
$v=\frac{2r^2(\rho -\sigma )g}{9\eta }$
We can clearly see that it is independent of height from which body is released