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Motion of a bullet under air resistance

Author
: Michael Monagan
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This worksheet considers the problem of a ball or bullet thrown (shot) straight up into the air, with air resistance taken into account. We describe the trajectory of the ball / bullet as an ODE, plot the motion of the ball / bullet and solve for when the ball lands on the ground.

Application Details

Publish Date: June 18, 2001
Created In: Maple 6
Language: English

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