You are riding in a hovering hot air balloon when you throw a baseball straight down with an initial speed of The baseball falls with a terminal speed of Assuming air drag is proportional to the speed squared, use Euler’s method (spreadsheet) to estimate the speed of the ball after 10.0 s. What is the uncertainty in this estimate?
You drop a second baseball, this one is released from rest.
How long does it take for it to reach 99 percent of its terminal speed? How far does it fall during this time?

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