Shown in the following table are several flow situations and the associated characteristic velocity, size, and fluid kinematic viscosity. Determine the Reynolds number for each of the flows and indicate for which ones the inertial effects are small relative to viscous effects.

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Velocity Size Kinematic viscosity Flow ft/s ft ft/s Airplane 400 60 4.3 x 104 Mosquito 0.02 0.015 1.6 x 104 Syrup on pancake 0.03 0.12 2.5 x 10-3 Blood in capillary 0.001 5 105 1.2 x 10-5