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Homework Statement
You drop a baseball from the roof of a tall building. As the ball falls, the air exerts a drag force proportional to the square of the ball's speed (f=Dv2).
- (a) In a diagram, show the direction of motion and indicate, with the aid of vectors, all the forces acting on the ball.
- (b) Apply Newton's second laws second law and infer from the resulting equation the general properties of the motion.
- (c) Show that the ball acquires a terminal speed that is described by vt= [itex]\sqrt{\frac{mg}{D}}[/itex]
- (d) Derive the equation for the speed at any time.
Homework Equations
[itex]\int[/itex]((a2-x2)-1)dx = [itex]\frac{1}{a}[/itex]arctanh([itex]\frac{x}{a}[/itex]), where tanh(x)=(ex-e-x)/(ex+e-x)= (e2x-1)/(e2x+1)
The Attempt at a Solution
In the attachment.
I'm at a block with the last step of part d. How do I isolate v from that? Any help is appreciated.