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AP Physics C: Mechanics
2.9 Resistive Forces
2.5 Newton’s Second Law
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A single thin vertical line represents a guide wire. Centered along the wire is a small shaded circular bead labeled \(m\). Three vertical vector arrows originate from the center of the bead: one solid arrow pointing straight downward labeled \(mg\), one solid arrow pointing straight upward labeled \(F_0\), and a second solid arrow pointing straight upward labeled \(bv\). To the right of the bead, a downward-pointing arrow is labeled \(v_0\). No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A bead moving downward along a vertical wire under gravity, a magnetic force, and drag.
A small bead of mass \(m\) is threaded onto a vertical guide wire.

The bead is subjected to a downward gravitational force, a constant upward magnetic force of magnitude \(F_0\) (where \(F_0 < mg\)), and an upward drag force of magnitude \(bv\), where \(v\) is the bead's downward speed and \(b\) is a positive constant. At time \(t = 0\), the bead is projected vertically downward with an initial speed \(v_0\). Which of the following expressions represents the downward speed \(v(t)\) of the bead as a function of time \(t\)?

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