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Senjai
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I have done the question already and attained the correct answer. However if it was a written question i do not know how i could prove the following.
A 7.3 x 10^3 kg space vehicle and its empty 6.8 x 10^2 booster unit are moving together through space at 370 m/s. An explosion lasting 2.2s is used to separate the two parts. If the speed of the space vehicle is increased to 430 m/s, what impulse acted on the booster unit?
I used the Impulse formula [tex] I_{space vehicle} = \Delta{p} [/tex]
And used the change of momentum of the space vehicle to determine the Impulse exerted on it. How would i prove that this impulse is the same in magnitude and opposite in direction as the impulse exerted on the booster unit?
Is their a way to do this question a different way? Did they give the time for no reason?
Regards, Senjai.
A 7.3 x 10^3 kg space vehicle and its empty 6.8 x 10^2 booster unit are moving together through space at 370 m/s. An explosion lasting 2.2s is used to separate the two parts. If the speed of the space vehicle is increased to 430 m/s, what impulse acted on the booster unit?
I used the Impulse formula [tex] I_{space vehicle} = \Delta{p} [/tex]
And used the change of momentum of the space vehicle to determine the Impulse exerted on it. How would i prove that this impulse is the same in magnitude and opposite in direction as the impulse exerted on the booster unit?
Is their a way to do this question a different way? Did they give the time for no reason?
Regards, Senjai.