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Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

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52 LESSON 6. EXPONENTIAL RELAXATION<br />

hence<br />

381 = −9.8 + C =⇒ C ≈ 391 (6.62)<br />

thus<br />

y = −9.8t − 9.8e −t + 391 (6.63)<br />

The object will hit the ground when y = 0, or<br />

0 = −9.8t − 9.8e −t + 998 (6.64)<br />

This can be solved numerically to give t ≈ 40 seconds. 2 .<br />

t]<br />

2 For example, <strong>in</strong> Mathematica, we can write NSolve[0 ==-9.8 t - 9.8 E^-t + 391,

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