Give two uses of Stoke's law.

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(N/A) Stoke's law is used for the following purposes:
$(1)$ It is used to determine the radius of a small spherical body (like a rain drop) falling through a viscous medium.
$(2)$ It is used to calculate the coefficient of viscosity of a highly viscous liquid.

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