Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.54P
A potato of mass 0.5 kg moves under Earth’s gravity with an air resistive force of −kmv. (a) Find the terminal velocity if the potato is released from rest and k = 0.01 s−1. (b) Find the maximum height of the potato if it has the same value of k, but it is initially shot directly upward with a student-made potato gun with an initial velocity of 120 m/s.
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