Year 12 Mathematics Extension 2 / Mechanics

Resisted Motion

Model horizontal resisted motion with ma = −kv and vertical resisted motion with ma = mg − kv, find terminal velocity, and solve the separable ODE to obtain v(t).

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Mechanics

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Mechanics modelling and motion

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