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Models & Qualitative Behavior · Challenge problem

A package is dropped from rest from a high balloon and falls with quadratic air resistance, v′=10−v240v' = 10 - \dfrac{v^2}{40} (vv in m/s downward, tt in s). How far (in metres) has it fallen when its speed reaches 1616 m/s? Give an exact answer.