# Math Help - ODE help

1. ## ODE help

Hey friends, I found this site searching for ode help and I think I might have found a home.. I do need help though and would appreciate any assistance you can give.

I have an object that weighs 10kg and the drag force is proportional to the square of the velocity and the limiting velocity is 49 m/s. The equation of motion given is $m(dv/dt) = mg - 2v$
or
$dv/dt = 9.8 - v/5$ after putting in the drag force constant, gravity and weight. So my objective is to prove how the equation of motion can be written as $dv/dt = [49^2 - v^2] / 245$.

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2. Originally Posted by DinoJockey
I have an object that weighs 10kg and the drag force is proportional to the square of the velocity and the limiting velocity is 49 m/s. The equation of motion given is $m(dv/dt) = mg - 2v$
or
$dv/dt = 9.8 - v/5$ after putting in the drag force constant, gravity and weight. So my objective is to prove how the equation of motion can be written as $dv/dt = [49^2 - v^2] / 245$.
your DE statement and your DE, $m(dv/dt) = mg - 2v$, do not match up.

if the drag force is proportional to the square of velocity, then the DE should be

$m\frac{dv}{dt} = mg - kv^2$

3. Hmm I thought I missed something but that still leaves me at $\frac{dv}{dt} = 9.8 - \frac{v^2}{5}$ right?

4. at limiting speed, $\frac{dv}{dt} = 0$

$mg = kv^2$

$\frac{mg}{v^2} = k$

$\frac{98}{49^2} = k$

$\frac{2}{49} = k$

$\frac{dv}{dt} = g - \frac{k}{m} v^2$

$\frac{dv}{dt} = 9.8 - \frac{v^2}{245}$

5. ah ha! you are a scholar indeed. I appreciate your help.