1.) Draw a free body diagram for a skydiver at some arbitrary time after leaving a plane. Write the equation of motion in the y-direction.

2.) solve your equation of motion for terminal velocity. Sketch a graph of predicted velocity and acceleration vs time plot for an object falling and reaching the terminal velocity.

 

The condition where the drag force equals the weight will result in zero acceleration. Therefore, the falling object's velocity will no longer change and it will fall at a constant rate. We call this the terminal velocity. Solve your equation of motion above for the terminal velocity. Sketch a graph of predicted velocity and acceleration vs time plot for an object falling and reaching the terminal velocity. Terminal Velocity Sketch Velocity vs Time Sketch Acceleration vs Time a 84