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PHY 201

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A wad of paper is dropped from a second-story balcony and falls through still air to the ground.

• As it speeds up, what happens to the air resistance it encounters?

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The force of the air resistance increases.

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• What happens to the net force acting on it?

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Decreases

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• What happens to its acceleration?

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Decreases

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• If it dropped from a much higher point, what would happen to the net force and the acceleration?

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At some point, F_net would be almost zero and acceleration would become almost zero resulting in terminal velocity.

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