(a) After separating variables we obtain
\\[
\begin{aligned}
\frac{m d v}{m g-k v^{2}} &=d t \\
\frac{1}{g} \frac{d v}{1-(\sqrt{k} v / \sqrt{m g})^{2}} &=d t \\
\frac{\sqrt{m g}}{\sqrt{k} g} \frac{\sqrt{k / m g} d v}{1-(\sqrt{k} v /
\sqrt{m g})^{2}} &=d t \\
\sqrt{\frac{m}{k g}} \tanh ^{-1} \frac{\sqrt{k} v}{\sqrt{m g}} &=t+c \\
\tanh ^{-1} \frac{\sqrt{k} v}{\sqrt{m g}} &=\sqrt{\frac{k g}{m}} t+c_{1}
\end{aligned}
\\]
Thus the velocity at time \(t\) is
\\[
v(t)=\sqrt{\frac{m g}{k}} \tanh \left(\sqrt{\frac{k g}{m}} t+c_{1}\right)
\\]
Setting \(t=0\) and \(v=v_{0}\) we find \(c_{1}=\tanh ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{k} v_{0} /
\sqrt{m g}\right).\)
(b) since \(\tanh t \rightarrow 1\) as \(t \rightarrow \infty,\) we have \(v
\rightarrow \sqrt{m g / k}\) as \(t \rightarrow \infty\)
(c) Integrating the expression for \(v(t)\) in part (a) we obtain an integral of
the form \(\int d u / u:\)
\\[
s(t)=\sqrt{\frac{m g}{k}} \int \tanh \left(\sqrt{\frac{k g}{m}} t+c_{1}\right)
d t=\frac{m}{k} \ln \left[\cosh \left(\sqrt{\frac{k g}{m}}
t+c_{1}\right)\right]+c_{2}
\\]
Setting \(t=0\) and \(s=0\) we find \(c_{2}=-(m / k) \ln \left(\cosh c_{1}\right),\)
where \(c_{1}\) is given in part \((\mathrm{a}).\)