The Noble Art Of Ignoring Air Resistance

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The Noble Art Of Ignoring Air Resistance

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Behold the mighty physics student on exam day! While mere mortals fret over air resistance, our fearless hero charges forward like a majestic lion, ignoring such trivial complications! In the wild kingdom of physics exams, those who simplify survive. "Assume a frictionless vacuum" is their battle cry! Why waste precious seconds calculating drag coefficients when you can just scribble "neglecting air resistance" and strut onward? The professors might growl, but they secretly admire such academic audacity. Remember kids: in physics, it's not about cutting corners—it's about "making reasonable approximations"!

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