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mel-nik [20]
3 years ago
12

A 87.0 kg astronaut is working on the engines of a spaceship that is drifting through space with a constant velocity. The astron

aut turns away to look at Earth and several seconds later is 38.1 m behind the ship, at rest relative to the spaceship. The only way to return to the ship without a thruster is to throw a wrench directly away from the ship. The wrench has a mass of 0.570 kg, and the astronaut throws the wrench with a speed of 22.4 m/s. How long does it take the astronaut to reach the ship?
Physics
1 answer:
Ket [755]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

259.62521 seconds

Explanation:

m_1 = Mass of astronaut = 87 kg

m_2 = Mass of wrench = 0.57 kg

v_1 = Velocity of astronaut

v_2 = Velocity of wrench = 22.4 m/s

Here, the linear momentum is conserved

m_1v_1=m_2v_2\\\Rightarrow v_1=\frac{m_2v_2}{m_1}\\\Rightarrow v_1=\frac{0.57\times 22.4}{87}\\\Rightarrow v_1=0.14675\ m/s

Time = Distance / Speed

Time=\frac{38.1}{0.14675}=259.62521\ s

The time taken to reach the ship is 259.62521 seconds

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