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confusedmia
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- Homework Statement
- [Here's the exact question!] A space shuttle is fully fueled and stand on a launching pad. At launch there are 5 separate engines pushing the shuttle skyward, 3 main engines of 1.7MN thrust each, plus 2 booster rockets each producing 23MN of thrust. Max thrust T is achieved after 0.5sec. Calculate the acceleration of the shuttle 0.5sec after ignition, taking the mass of the shuttle to be 2.0^10(to the power of)6 kg at this instance.
- Relevant Equations
- Fnet=ma, w=mg
Sorry there, relatively new to this topic. Anyways, from my understanding of the formula, the force is equal to mass times acceleration. So, is it safe to assume that the total force is simply all the forces from the engines added up? (1.7MN^3+23MN^2), while the mass is (2.0^106 kg)^ 9.8m/s^2?
Therefore, the Acceleration would be the force divided by the mass?
Therefore, the Acceleration would be the force divided by the mass?
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