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    Mometum and how to find an initial and final momentum

    (-25*10^3)(120)= (1.0*10^4)(mvi)-(1.0x10^4)(1200)
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    Calculating Momentum of a Spacecraft with Thruster Firing?

    (-25*10^3)(120)= (1.0*10^4)(mvi)-(1.0x10^4)(1200)
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    Calculating Momentum of a Spacecraft with Thruster Firing?

    ok so it would be 120s instead of 2.0min
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    Calculating Momentum of a Spacecraft with Thruster Firing?

    (-25*10^3)(2.0)=(1.0x10^4)(1200)+(1.0*10^4)(mvi)
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    Calculating Momentum of a Spacecraft with Thruster Firing?

    Homework Statement a 1.0*10^4kg spacecraft is traveling through space with a speed of 1200 m/s realtive to earth. a thruster fires for 2.0 min, exerting a continuous force of 25kN on the spacecraft in a direction opposite the spacecraft s motion . calculate the initial momentum and the...
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    Mometum and how to find an initial and final momentum

    a 1.0*10^4kg spacecraft is traveling through space with a speed of 1200 m/s realtive to earth. a thruster fires for 2.0 min, exerting a continuous force of 25kN on the spacecraft in a direction opposite the spacecraft s motion . calculate the initial momentum and the fianl momentum kof the...
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    The fulll problem to my momemtum problem .

    the fulll problem to my momentum problem... Homework Statement a 1.0*10^4kg spacecraft is traveling through space with a speed of 1200 m/s realtive to earth. a thruster fires for 2.0 min, exerting a continuous force of 25kN on the spacecraft in a direction opposite the spacecraft s motion...
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    Mometum and how to find an initial and final momentum

    Homework Statement given: m=1.0x10^4kg a relative speed of 1200m/s t=2.0 F=25kN pi=? pf=? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution (-25*10^3)(2.0)=(1.0x10^4)(1200)+(1.0*10^4)(mvi)