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A passenger on a balloon drops a baseball over the side of the gondola. As the baseball falls faster, the drag force from air resistance increases.
Which of these describes what happens to the motion of the ball from the time the ball is dropped to the time when the drag force becomes equal to the force of gravity?

A The acceleration of the ball remains constant.
B The speed of the ball decreases.
C The acceleration of the ball decreases.
D The speed of the ball remains constant.

Answer :

Answer:

The answer is C.

Explanation:

For acceleration to be achieved so to speak there must be a force acting on it. The only force on the ball before the air drag increases is gravity. As the air resistance increases the force resisting gravity increases. This means that the forces start to cancel out. Therefore the acceleration must get smaller.

These forces will continue to cancel until it reaches terminal velocity.

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What happens to the motion of the ball is, the acceleration of the ball decreases and will become zero when drag force on the ball equals the force of gravity.

The downward motion of the ball is reduced by frictional force opposing the motion. The frictional force opposing the motion is the drag force of the air or air resistance.

The net downward force on the ball is given as;

[tex]W -F_D = ma\\\\[/tex]

when the drag force on the ball equals force of gravity, the acceleration of the ball will be zero.

[tex]W - W = ma\\\\(W = F_D)\\\\0 = ma\\\\a = 0[/tex]

Thus, we can conclude that what happens to the motion of the ball is, the acceleration of the ball decreases and will become zero when drag force on the ball equals the force of gravity.

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