Terminal Velocity

Double-click the green arrow to open the video in Tracker. Note that the video has already been calibrated and the mass 3 cup has been tracked as an example.

Create a new Point Mass and track the motion of the mass 5 cup . Be sure to set the correct mass of the cup on the toolbar (select mass 3 and read it's description to see how).

Study the vy-t graph of the cup's motion. How well does it compare qualitatively with your predicted graph (i.e., does it have the same shape)? Based on the graph, what is the cup's speed at terminal velocity?