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Knowing that acceleration is time derivative of velocity, and (if you need) velocity is time derivative of position

$v = \dot x$
$a = \dot v = \ddot a$

the equation of your question can be written as a simple first-order linear ordinary differential equation,

$\dot v + k v = g$

whose solution reads

$v(t) = \dfrac{g}{k} + A e^{-kt}$.

Prodivded the initial condition $v(0) = v_0$, it's possible to determine the constant $A$,

$A = v_0 - \dfrac{g}{k}$

to get the solution of the problem as

$v(t) = \dfrac{g}{k} \left( 1 - e^{-kt}\right) + v_0 e^{-kt} $.

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