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(See Fluids in the News article titled “Some hurricane facts,” Section 6.5.3.) Consider...

(See Fluids in the News article titled “Some hurricane facts,” Section 6.5.3.) Consider a category five hurricane that has a maximum wind speed of 160 mph at the eye wall, 10 miles from the center of the hurricane. If the flow in the hurricane outside of the hurricane’s eye is approximated as a free vortex, determine the wind speeds at the locations 20 mi, 30 mi, and 40 mi from the center of the storm.

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