Question: Consider a boundary layer growing along a thin flat plate. This problem involves the following parameters: boundary layer thickness , downstream distance x, freestream velocity

Consider a boundary layer growing along a thin flat plate. This problem involves the following parameters: boundary layer thickness δ, downstream distance x, freestream velocity V, fluid density ρ, and fluid viscosity μ. The number of expected nondimensional parameters Πs for this problem is

(a) 5 

(b) 4 

(c) 3 

(d) 2 

(e) 1

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