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.
c .... work is force x distance as a definition
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<u>It would make the lens stronger. </u>
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- The focal length is the distance between the optical center or the center of the lens to the focal point of a convex or concave lens.
- The power of the convex lens is lens ability to undertake refraction or bend light. It is given as the reciprocal of focal length.
- Power of the lens = 1/ f; therefore the smaller the focal length the higher the power and the larger the focal length the lower the power.
- Thus; decreasing the focal length of a convex lens makes the lens stronger.