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Textbook Solutions for Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics

Chapter 5 Problem 31DQ

Question

When does a baseball in flight have an acceleration with a positive upward component? Explain in terms of the forces on the ball and also in terms of the velocity components compared to the terminal speed. Do not ignore air resistance.

Solution

Solution 31DQ

Step 1:

When the base ball is launched in air, it has maximum force offered by air resistance say  pointing downwards and the as the baseball goes up , this air resistance reduces and reaches to zero at the maximum height  

That is at maximum height, the air resistance is

The gravitational force is acting vertically downwards on the  given by ,

The acceleration is negative when the ball is going up as the both the forces are directed downward

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

Solved: When does a baseball in light have an acceleration

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