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"The rocket is not in free fall. It is burning fuel to generate a thrust accelerating the rocket upwards." Thanks, I'm new to this.

Isn't acceleration always -9.8m/s^2 (If your positive direction is up)? Also what does "a bolt falls off the side of the rocket. the bolt gits the ground 6.0 seconds later." have to do with the rockets acceleration?

Mmm alright i'll have to ask my prof on wed. because it wants a forumla..mabey I am supposed to just figure that out or something.

Also if asked for the displacement of the object, it would be 0 due to the circular track you would end where you started correct? Is there a formula for displacement using the given information or what should i show to get 0 as displacement.

Homework Statement A Car Completes two laps of a 2.2 km racetrack is 98 seconds Find: A.) The Cars distance traveled (in km). Homework Equations+The Attempt at a Solution I know that you have to multiply 2.2km by 2 laps but for my homework i have to show a formula and complete a full...

A Runner Completed four laps of a 400m track in 6.0 minutes. Find the distance traveled and displacement of the runner. Ok i know that distance would be 400m * 4 laps obviously but how would you write that out? What would a formula be? (Complete guess below, obviously not right.) d1 = 400m...