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Calculating drag force against a cyclist

%calculating drag force against a cyclist and plotting drag force vs velocity

close all
clear all
clc

%drag coefficient
c_d = 0.80

%Area
A = 0.0123

%Velocity
v = [1:25]

%Density
rho = 1.20

drag_force = rho*A*v.*v.*c_d*0.5

%plotting drag_force vs velocity
plot(v,drag_force,\'linewidth\',3)
xlabel(\'velocity\')
ylabel(\'Drag_force\')


%calculating drag force against a cyclistand plotting drag force vs drag coefficient

close all
clear all
clc

%drag coefficient
c_d = linspace(0,0.85,100)

%Area
A = 0.0123

%Velocity
v = 25

%Density
rho = 1.20

drag_force = rho*A*v*v*c_d*0.5

%plotting drag_force vs drag_coefficient
plot(c_d,drag_force,\'linewidth\',3)
xlabel(\'c_d\')
ylabel(\'drag_force\')

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