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Homework Statement
A 1200 kg rocket car is placed at the bottom of a 100 meter long ramp inclined at 10°. The rocket is turned on and it exerts a force of 8300 N for 5.70 seconds, and then it shuts down. Find the speed with which the rocket car leaves the ramp (assume frictionless).
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
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I didn't show all of my solution but I need to know if that part is correct. What I did next is I assumed vi = 0 and the used the formula vf = vi + at which gave me an answer of 29.7 m/s, however, the correct answer is 28.8 m/s.
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