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Homework Statement
A 10.6 kg weather rocket generates a thrust of 226.0 N. The rocket, pointing upward, is clamped to the top of a vertical spring. The bottom of the spring, whose spring constant is 402.0 N/m, is anchored to the ground. Initially, before the engne is ignited, the rocket sits at rest on top of the spring.
A: After the engine is ignited, what is the rocket's speed when the spring has stretched 19.4 cm past its natural length?
B: What would be the rocket's speed after traveling the distance if it weren't tied down to the spring?
Homework Equations
Es=0.5kx^2
Ek=0.5mv^2
Eg=mgy
The Attempt at a Solution
For A:
I tried making a conservation of energy equation:
Es=Ek+Eg
v=square root of ((kx^2 - 2mgy)/m)
That didn't work, since I don't know y (x=0.2584 m as per another part of the question). Do I need to take the thrust force into account?
I didn't even know where to start for B after getting stuck on A.