Free Falling 1

Problem 1.

An object (its mass is $m$) falls through the air toward Earth. Assuming that the only forces acting on the object are gravity ($g$ is the gravity constant) and air resistance (proportional to the the speed of the object).

(a) Determine the speed $v(t)$ of the object.
(b) Show that $\displaystyle{\lim_{t\to\infty}}v(t)=v_{*}$ independently of the initial speed $v_0$, where $v_{*}$ is the equilibrium speed.

Free Falling 2

Problem 2.

An object (its mass is $m$) falls through the air toward Earth. Assuming that the only forces acting on the object are gravity ($g$ is the gravity constant) and air resistance (proportional to the square of the speed of the object).

(a) Determine the speed $v(t)$ of the object.
(b) Show that $\displaystyle{\lim_{t\to\infty}}v(t)=v_{*}$ independently of the initial speed $v_0$, where $v_{*}$ is the equilibrium speed.