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Homework Statement


How to integrate

f du/(Gu^2-g)

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Homework Equations


not sure

hmmm thre's the one du/(a^2+b^2)=...


The Attempt at a Solution


But I got a complex number.

This is not HW. hmm just can't solve a physics problem without it
Ps. I never learn integration
 
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in case g,f and G are constants it can be slvd as
f/G[1/u^2-{(g/G)^1/2}^2] du

F/G ln[{u-(g/G)^1/2}/u+(g/G)^1/2] +C
 
[tex]t=\int_{v_{o}}^{v_{f}} \frac{m}{\frac{1}{2}pC_{d}Av^2-mg}dv[/tex]
 
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[tex]t=\int_{v_{o}}^{v_{f}} \frac{m}{\frac{1}{2}pC_{d}Av^2-mg}dv[\tex]<br /> <br /> where p C A m g are constants[/tex]
 
Bright Wang said:
[tex]t=\int_{v_{o}}^{v_{f}} \frac{m}{\frac{1}{2}pC_{d}Av^2-mg}dv[\tex]<br /> <br /> where p C A m g are constants[/tex]
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Bright Wang said:
[tex]t=\int_{v_{o}}^{v_{f}} \frac{m}{\frac{1}{2}pC_{d}Av^2-mg}dv[/tex]

Bright Wang said:
[tex]t=\int_{v_{o}}^{v_{f}} \frac{m}{\frac{1}{2}pC_{d}Av^2-mg}dv[/tex]

where p C A m g are constants

Use this slash instead of the other one to closed tex tags: /tex
 
Defennder said:
Use this slash instead of the other one to closed tex tags: /tex

[tex]t=\int_{v_{o}}^{v_{f}} \frac{m}{\frac{1}{2}pC_{d}Av^2-mg}dv[/tex]


ok thanks.
 
Factor out all of the stuff that multiplies v^2 in the denominator as well as m in the numerator. Your integral will look like this:
[tex]K_1 \int \frac{dv}{v^2 - K_2}[/tex]
K_1 = 2m/(p*C_d*A) and K_2 = mg/(.5p*C_d*A)

Now, you can do either of two things:
1. factor the denominator and then use partial fraction decomposition to get you antiderivative.
2. look up the resulting integral in, say, the CRC Math Tables.
 
[tex]Let \ \ \frac{1}{2}pCA=G[/tex]
[tex]=m\int_{vo}^{vf}\frac{1}{Gv^2-mg}dv[/tex]
[tex]= m \int_{vo}^{vf}(\frac{\frac{1}{2\sprt{mg}}}{\sqrt{G}v-\sqrt{mg}}+\frac{\frac{-1}{2\sprt{mg}}}{\sqrt{G}v+\sqrt{mg}} dv)[/tex]
[tex]= \frac {m}{\sqrt{mgG}} ln\ ( \ {|} \ \frac{\sqrt{G}v-\sqrt{mg}}{\sqrt{G}v+\sqrt{mg} \ {|} \ } {)} |_{vo}^{vf}[/tex]
 
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[tex]t=\int{v}^{v_{f}} {-} \frac{{1}{}pC_{d}-mg}dv[/tex]
 
[tex]${\displaystyle Kv_^2 = g - e^-^2^K^y \times (g-Kv_{o}^2)}$[/tex]