What determines a fluid's resistance to objects moving through it (such as water's resistance to fish moving through water, or air resistance to hailstones)?

a. The fluid's weight.
b. The fluid's volume.
c. The fluid's viscosity.
d. The fluid's mass.
e. The fluid's temperature.


c

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A. 112 m/s at 50.0 degrees NORTH of EAST B. 102 m/s at 17 degrees SOUTH of EAST C. 134 m/s at 49 degrees SOUTH of EAST D. 134 m/s at 17 degrees NORTH of EAST E. 102 m/s at 65 degrees NORTH of EAST

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