A steel ball weighing 128 pounds is suspended from a spring.
This stretches the spring feet.
The ball is started in motion from the
equilibrium position
with a downward velocity of feet per second.
The air resistance (in pounds) of the moving ball
numerically equals 4 times its
velocity (in feet per second) .
Suppose that after t seconds the ball is y feet below its rest position.
Find y in terms of t. (Note that this means that the positive direction for y is down.)
Take as the gravitational acceleration 32 feet
per second per second.
Hint: