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A Hurricane Strength Wind Is Blowing at a Speed of 100

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A hurricane strength wind is blowing at a speed of 100 km/hr over a flat square roof of 10 m per side.Assuming the inside of the house to be at 1 atm pressure and the density of air is 1.3 kg/m3,calculate the lifting force on the roof.


A) 5.0 ×\times 103 N
B) 3.8 ×\times 104 N
C) 5.0 ×\times 104 N
D) 1.0 ×\times 105 N
E) 6.5 ×\times 104 N

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