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Old 05-27-22, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GhostRider62
P ∝ v3

It is cubic. It is not squared, exponential or quadratic.

Double the speed from 20 mph to 40 mph requires 8 times the power to overcome the resistance of air.
in my case doubling the speed to 40mph requires one big f’in hill.
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