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A 4-mm-diameter meteor of specific gravity 2.9 has a speed of 6 km/s at an altitude of 5...

A 4-mm-diameter meteor of specific gravity 2.9 has a speed of 6 km/s at an altitude of 50,000 m where the air density is 1.03 x 10-3 kg/m3. If the drag coefficient at this large Mach number condition is 1.5, determine the deceleration of the meteor.

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