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Question 8.2: A golf ball has dimples to increase its flight distance. Sel...

A golf ball has dimples to increase its flight distance. Select the best reason that accounts for the longer flight distance of a dimpled ball compared to that of a smooth ball

(A) The shearing stress is smaller on the dimpled ball

(B) The dimpled ball has an effective smaller diameter

(C) The wake on the dimpled ball is smaller

(D) The pressure on the front of the smooth ball is larger

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