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A spherical liquid drop of radius \(R\) acquires the terminal velocity \(v_1\) when falls through a gas of viscosity \(\eta\). Now the drop is broken into 64 identical droplets and each droplet acquires terminal velocity \(v_2\) falling through the same gas. The ratio of terminal velocities \(v_1/v_2\) is ________.
A spherical liquid drop of radius \(R\) acquires the terminal velocity \(v_1\) when falls through a gas of viscosity \(\eta\). Now the drop is broken into 64 identical droplets and each droplet acquires terminal velocity \(v_2\) falling through the same gas. The ratio of terminal velocities \(v_1/v_2\) is ________.
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