Consider a ball thrown vertically up. Taking air resistance into account, would you expect the time during which the ball rises to be longer or shorter than the time during which it falls.Why?

 

where represents the mass of the ball, and g is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth.By comparing the acceleration in the upward and the downward motion one can deduce that the acceleration during the upward journey of the ball is larger in magnitude than the downward journey.Now, the acceleration of the ball, defined as the rate of change of velocity over certain is larger when the ball is moving upward than when it is moving downwards. Therefore the time for the journey (upward or downward) depends inversely on the magnitude of acceleration.Thus, for the upward motion the time of flight will be less relatively accounting for the high acceleration whereas in the downward motion the time of flight will be more.in this case is:.However during the downward motion, the force of friction is in opposite direction relative to the force of gravitation . Therefore the net acceleration_airWhere a is the net acceleration of the ball on its vertical motion, m represents the mass of the ball and g the acceleration due to gravity on Earth.The negative sign in the equation above accounts for the net direction of the acceleration.Consider the motion of the ball when it is moving downwards under the action of the gravitational force of Earth. Let us assume that the net force on the ball at any instant be given by F while the net force from the air drag be represented by F .We also assume that the downward vectors are represented by a negative sign while the upward vectors by a positive sign.The force at any point on the ball during the upward motion is given as:_airTo see the effect of air resistance, we will have to deal in terms of forces. Consider the motion of the ball thrown vertically upwards under the action of the gravitational force of Earth. Let us assume that the net force on the ball at any instant be given by F while the net force from the air drag be represented by F RegardsArun (askIITians forum expert)