Air Resistance and Gravity

We now repeat the whole process with the new position and velocity providing new initial conditions:

Fgravity = mg = 2 kg * 9.8 m/s2 = 19.6 Nt.

FAR = bv2 = 0.03 Nt-s2/m2 * [-9.8 m/s]2 = 2.88 Nt.

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