A cat (5kg) has a potential energy of 8J. The cat is stuck on top of a bookshelf and then falls off the bookshelf. What is the v
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Answer:
Explanation:
F = ma and
We have F, we have m, but in order to solve for v, we need a.
30.0 = 3.00a so
a = 10.0 m/s/s. Plug that in for a in the second equation and solve for v:
so
v = 10.0(3.00) so
v = 30.0 m/s
Answer:
a) m = 69.0 kg
b) release some gas in the opposite direction to the astronaut's movement
Explanation:
a) Let's use Newton's second law
F = m a
m = F / a
m = 60.0 / 0.870
m = 69.0 kg
b) when we exert a force on the astronaut it acquires a momentum po, as the astronaut system plus spacecraft is isolated, the momentum is conserved
p₀ = p_f
m v = M v '
v ’=
so we see that the ship is moving backwards, but since the mass of the ship is much greater than the mass of the astronaut, the speed of the ship is very small.
One method to avoid this effect is to release some gas in the opposite direction to the astronaut's movement so that the initial momentum of the astronaut plus the gas is zero and therefore no movement is created in the spacecraft.