Thank you. That looks like it'll help. The thing is, most of the people in my calculus class haven't even taken a basic physics class. Because of this, I can make my problems as simple as possible. The samples I use won't even have ANY gravity or air resistance.
Pleeeease help me. I have to do a twenty minute presentation on momentum changes in variable mass systems. I have everything done but examples. The equation I have is m(t)a=Rv where R is the rate the mass of the rocket is decreasing and v is the velocity of the gas ejected with respect to the...