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Grade 11General Physics

The motion of a body falling from rest in a resisting medium is described by the equation dv/dt=a-bv where a and b are constants. What is the velocity at any time t?

Profile image of sivasankari sadasivan
13 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Prajwal kr
13 Years ago

dv/(a-bv)=dt

Integrating both sides we get:

-ln(a-bv)/b=t

=>

v=(a-e-bt)/b

Profile image of Saurabh Anand
13 Years ago

v = (a/b) (1-(e-bt))....just integrate it...

Profile image of vivek kumar
13 Years ago

integrate it

Profile image of Pratibha Rani
13 Years ago

you just need to integrate it