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These are the speed-time graphs for two falling balls:

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Determine the terminal velocity of the plastic ball.

Important Questions on Dynamics: Explaining Motion

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These are the speed-time graphs for two falling balls:

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Both balls are of the same size and shape but the metal ball has a greater mass. Explain, in terms of Newton's laws of motion and the forces involved, why the plastic ball reaches a constant velocity, but the metal ball does not.

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These are the speed-time graphs for two falling balls:

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Explain why both balls have the same initial acceleration. 

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A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest to a speed of 8.0 m s-1 in a time of 2.0 s. Calculate the forward driving force acting on the car while it is accelerating. Assume that, at low speeds, all frictional forces are negligible.

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A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest to a speed of 8.0 m s-1 in a time of 2.0 s. At high speeds the resistive frictional force F produced by air on a body moving with velocity v is given by the equation F=bv2, where b is a constant. Derive the base units of force in the SI system.

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A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest to a speed of 8.0 ms-1 in a time of 2.0 s.

(b) At high speeds the resistive frictional force F produced by air on a body moving with velocity v is given by the equation F=bv2, where b is a constant.

(ii) Determine the base units of b in the SI system.

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A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest to a speed of 8.0 m s-1 in a time of 2.0 s.  At high speeds the resistive frictional force F produced by air on a body moving with velocity v is given by the equation F=bv2, where b is a constant. The car continues with the same forward driving force and accelerates until it reaches a top speed of 50 m s-1. At this speed the resistive force is given by the equation F=bv2. Determine the value of b for the car.

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A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest to a speed of 8.0 m s-1 in a time of 2.0 s. At high speeds the resistive frictional force F produced by air on a body moving with velocity v is given by the equation F=bv2, where b is a constant. Use your value of b and the driving force to calculate the acceleration of the car when the speed is 30 m s-1.

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A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest to a speed of 8.0 ms-1 in a time of 2.0 s. At high speeds the resistive frictional force F produced by air on a body moving with velocity v is given by the equation F=bv2, where b is a constant. Sketch a graph showing how the value of F varies with v over the range 0 to 50 ms-1. Use your graph to describe what happens to the acceleration of the car during this time.