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Give the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on

(a) a drop of rain falling down with a constant speed.

(b) a cork of mass 10g floating on water

(c) a kite skillfully held stationary in the sky

(d) a car moving with a constant velocity of 30km h-1 on a rough road

(e) a high – speed electron in space far from all material objects, and free of electric and magnetic fields.

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Applying Newton’s first law of motion, we find that no net force acts in any of the situations, (a) to (d). Again, no force in situation (e). This is because electron is far away from all material agencies producing electromagnetic and gravitational forces

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