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Old Oct4-05, 12:48 AM                  #1
qqchico

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help with this proof

the question asks consider a particle of mass m whose motion starts from rest in a constant gravitational field. if a resting force proportional to the square of the velocity (i.e, kmv^2) is encountered, show that the distance s the particle falls from vnot to v1 is given by

s(vnot-> v1)= 1/2 [(g-kvnot^2)/(g-kv12}]

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Old Oct4-05, 01:24 AM                  #2
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Are you supposed to use differential equations to solve this?
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