1.
A ball of mass M is thrown vertically upward with an initial speed of vo. It experiences a force of
air resistance given by F = -kv, where k is a positive constant. The positive direction for all vector
quantities is upward. Express all algebraic answers in terms of M, k, vo, and fundamental
constants.
a. Does the magnitude of the acceleration of the ball increase, decrease, or remain the same
as the ball moves upward?
increases
Justify your answer.
b.
c.
d.
decreases
remains the same
Write, but do NOT solve, a differential equation for the instantaneous speed v of the ball
in terms of time t as the ball moves upward.
Determine the terminal speed of the ball as it moves downward.
Does it take longer for the ball to rise to its maximum height or to fall from its maximum
height back to the height from which it was thrown?
longer to rise
longer to fall
Justify your answer.
e.
On the axes below, sketch a graph of velocity versus time for the upward and downward
parts of the ball's flight, where tf is the time at which the ball returns to the height from
which it was thrown.
1.
An object of mass m moving along the x-axis with velocity v is slowed by a force F = -kv, where
k is a constant. At time t = 0, the object has velocity vo at position x = 0, as shown above.
a. What is the initial acceleration (magnitude and direction) produced by the resistance
force?
b. Derive an equation for the object's velocity as a function of time t, and sketch this
function on the axes below. Let a velocity directed to the right be considered positive.
c.
Derive an equation for the distance the object travels as a function of time t and sketch
this function on the axes below.
d.
Determine the distance the object travels from t = 0 to t = ∞.