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Drag is a force that slows things down.
Try this next actuality se you can actuality fool drag.
Take a regular sheet of paper and find a room that has on open space big enough for you to spin around and around.
Stand in the center and hold your arms straight out, clasping the piece of paper vertically between your two hands.
Your thumbs should be pointed straight up toward the ceiling.
Start spinning.
After you’ve gotten going, remove the hand in front from the paper.
The force pushing the paper against your other hand is drag.
As you spin faster, the drag increases and the paper is pushed harder against your hand.
Your spinning provides the thrust to keep the paper moving.
When you stop spinning (stop providing thrust), the drag quickly brings the paper to a stop, and it drops to the ground.
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