A mushroom spore gets launched into the air. Typically, the spore reaches a speed of 1.6 m/s in a 5.0 um ?

Question

launch; its speed is then reduced to zero in 1.0 mm by the air . Using the data and assuming constant accelerations, find the acceleration in terms of g during (a) the launch and (b) the speed reduction

Answer 1

(a) (1.6 m/s)^2/[2(5e-6 m)(9.80665 m/s^2) ≈ 26,105 g's

(b) (1.6 m/s)^2/[2(1e-3 m)(9.80665 m/s^2) ≈ 130.52 g's