Homework Statement
A spaceship is coasting with a constant velocity of 124 m/s. The ship fires a deep space "care package" of mass 1300 kg. The firing of the care package brings the rocket ship to a halt. If the mass of the spaceship, not including the rocket, is 4.0 x 106 kg, what is the...
1. "A 2800 kg helicopter with a cable and harness is rescuing an injured snowboarder. The harness and snowboarder weigh 1730 N."
The question is asking for the "tension in the cable if the snowboarder and helicopter accelerate upward at 1.5 m/s2."
2. ∑Fy=may=T-
Is the equation (above)...