Q.
A 0.5kg ball is thrown up with an initial speed 14m/s and reaches a maximum height of 8.0cm. How much energy is dissipated by air drag acting on the ball during the time of ascent?
If there is no air drag then maximum height H=2gu2=2×9.814×14=10m
But due to air drag ball reaches up to height 8m only so, loss of energy =Mg(10−8)=0.5×9.2×2=9.8J