A hollow steel ball weighing 4 pounds is suspended from a spring. This stretches the spring feet. The ball is started in
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:08 pm
A hollow steel ball weighing 4 pounds is suspended from a spring. This stretches the spring feet. The ball is started in motion from the equilibrium position with a downward velocity of 3 feet per second. The air resistance (in pounds) of the moving ball numerically equals 4 times its velocity (in feet per second). Suppose that after t seconds the ball is y feet below its rest position. Find y in terms of t. (Note that the positive direction is down.) Take as the gravitational acceleration 32 feet per second per second.