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Write any two practical applications of stoke's law.

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Applications of Stoke's law are as follows:

  • Rain drop do not acquire alarmingly high velocity during their free fall. If this does not happen a person moving in rain would get hurt.
  • While jumping from an airplane, parachute helps us to land safely on the earth.
  • It is used to determine the value of charge on an electron. (Millikan’s oil drop method)


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