Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 16E
At a given instant in time, a 12-kg rock is observed to be falling with an acceleration of 6.25 m/s2.
- a. What is the magnitude and direction of the net force on the rock.
- b. What is the magnitude and direction of the gravitational force on the rock?
- c. What is the magnitude of the force of air resistance acting upon the rock at this instant?
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