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A 3600 kg rocket traveling at 2900 m/s is moving freely through space on a journey to the moon. The ground controllers find that

the rocket has drifted off course and that it must change direction by 11◦ if it is to hit the moon. By radio control the rocket’s engines are fired instantaneously (i.e., as a single pellet) in a direction perpendicular to that of the rocket’s motion. The gases are expelled (i.e., the pellet) at a speed of 4300 m/s (relative to the rocket). What mass of gas must be expelled to make the needed course correction? Answer in units of kg.

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Nana76 [90]4 years ago

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Answer:

m=417.24 kg

Explanation:

Given Data

Initial mass of rocket M = 3600 Kg

Initial velocity of rocket vi = 2900 m/s

velocity of gas vg = 4300 m/s

Θ = 11° angle in degrees

To find

m = mass of gas

Solution

Let m = mass of gas

first to find Initial speed with angle given

So

Vi=vi×tanΘ...............tan angle

Vi= 2900m/s × tan (11°)

Vi=563.7 m/s

Now to find mass

m = (M ×vi ×tanΘ)/( vg + vi tanΘ)

put the values as we have already solve vi ×tanΘ

m = (3600 kg ×563.7m/s)/(4300 m/s + 563.7 m/s)

m=417.24 kg

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