A speck of dust of negligible mass begins to fall under gravity through a region of space with saturated water vapor. The vapor condenses on it at a constant rate per second. Calculate acceleration of the drop in .
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this is a variable mass system. so apart from change in velocity, change in mass also contributes to the net force. here, i use newton's second law of motion and little bit of differential calculus
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If rate of mass accumulation is A ,
m ( t ) = A t where m ( t ) is instanteous mass of the Gpeck(?),
F ent = d t d p , p = momentum = m v
F ent = d t d m v = m d t d v + v d t d m
m g = m f t d v + v d t d m
A t g = A t d t d v + v A ⇒ g t = d t t d v + v d t = d t d t v
g t d t = d v t ⇒ ∫ t g d t = ∫ d v t
2 g t 2 = v t ⇒ v = 2 g t
a = d t d v = 2 g = 5 ms − 2 .