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Consider a solid iron sphere entering the earth’s atmosphere at 8 km/s and at an angle of...

Consider a solid iron sphere entering the earth’s atmosphere at 8 km/s and at an angle of 30° below the local horizontal. The sphere diameter is 1.6 m. Calculate (a) the altitude at which maximum deceleration occurs, (b) the value of the maximum deceleration, and (c) the velocity at which the sphere would impact the earth’s surface.

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