Range of golf ball on horizontal plane


Assignment:

A golf ball is hit at an angle α with the horizontal and moves under gravity with air resistance κv per unit mass, where v is the velocity and κ>0 is a constant. Show that the equation of the path can be written as

z=x(tan?α+g/κu)+g/κ2  log(1-κx/u),

where u is the initial horizontal component of v. If κ is small enough for κ^2 to be neglected, show that the air resistance reduces the range of the golf ball on the horizontal plane by

(8κu3 tan2 α)/(3g2 ).

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