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A 1.43-kg steel ball is dropped from a plane to an ocean. If the velocity of the ball just before reaching the water is 1.06 m/s and if the resistance in the water is 2.59v, what is the velocity of the steel ball 6 seconds into the water? Answer in four decimal
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