There are two forces acting on the shell: a constant force due to the downward pull of gravity and a force due to air resistance that acts in opposition to the motion of the shell. All of the motion occurs along a vertical axis. On this axis, we choose the origin to be the point where the shell was shot from and let x(¢) denote the position upward of the shell at time t. The forces acting on the object can be expressed in terms of this axis. The force due to gravity is Fo=-mg, where g is the acceleration due to gravity near Earth. Note we have a minus force because our coordinate system was chosen with up as positive and gravity acts in a downward direction. The force due to air resistance is F,=—(0.1)0%.