I'm new on this forum also Taper, and I can understand that you would like some answers to your many questions. You have ignored my last two posts, and that you are entitled to do. I believe I took the time to provide a concise answer your first question?
There are a few things at play here, your approach is a passive-aggressive one, and personally I don't appreciate it. Secondly, if you challenge peoples abilities or knowledge, or try to make them look foolish, well you can expect a hostile response.
One does not go to church on Sunday, to challenge the tenants of religion. And you are in church here my friend if you have not noticed?
Like it or not, you are being an antagonist, and in all arguments your opponents will look for weakness. Your use of small i for example is going to be fair game.
You said earlier on:
I know that some of these question i have might be elementary to you folks that are veterans at this but please help to inform me of some of the simple questions due to a study that i have been doing for physics....
May I ask you what exactly are you studying, is it a formal or informal pursuit? What is the exact nature of the course? And finally the simple questions you talk about, what are they? Can you list them, and how will the answers assist you?
aerodynamic drag forces increase by the square of the rate of speed change drag horsepower increases by the cube of the speed change
larry so how is a 25% change in either going to end in the same result ?
Taper, could you please take the time to answer this question of yours? You ask in a manner that suggests you know the answer to the question you have asked here?
Secondly, here is quotation from a page on Wikipedia you may find useful:
"the overall drag of an object is characterized by a dimensionless number called the drag coefficient, and is calculated using the drag equation. Assuming a more-or-less constant drag coefficient, drag will vary as the square of velocity. Thus, the resultant power needed to overcome this drag will vary as the cube of velocity. The standard equation for drag is one half the coefficient of drag multiplied by the fluid mass density, the cross sectional area of the specified item, and the square of the velocity."
And here is a link to the page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics)