Phy 231
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A wad of paper is dropped from a second-story balcony and falls through still air to the ground.
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As it speeds up, what happens to the air resistance it encounters?
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The air resistance increases.
What happens to the net force acting on it?
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The net force decreases because the air resistance increases, which counteracts (part of) the Fgravity.
What happens to its acceleration?
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Its acceleration decreases since the Fnet decreases, and Fnet=ma.
If it dropped from a much higher point, what would happen to the net force and the acceleration?
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If the object speeds up enough to the point where air resistance equals the weight, it would stop accelerating (it would go at a constant speed).
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