Constant acceleration numbers...
the numbers I used were:
Time is 3 days (posted in question)=36 hours=2160 minutes = 129 600 or 1.3 x 10^5
Speed is .051c (c=3.0 x 10^8) .051 x 3.0 = 1.5 x10 ^7
I'm not sure if this is the correct way to be approaching this question? Any help would be...
Homework Statement
An interstlear ship has a mass of 8.97 kg x10^6 and is initially at rest to a star system. What constant acceleration is needed to bring the ship up to a speed of 0.51C, relative to the star system in three days.Homework Equations
constant acceleration = v2-v1/t2-t1The...