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Homework Statement
A single-stage rocket is in deep space coasting at vrocket,i = 2.4 × 103 m/s. It fires its engine, which has an exhaust speed of vexhaust = 1.3 × 3 m/s.
What is the rocket's speed vrocket,fafter it has lost one-third of its inertia by exhausting burned fuel? Assume that the fuel is ejected all at once.
Homework Equations
[itex] p = mv [/itex]
The Attempt at a Solution
I honestly am not sure where to begin. I know that [itex] m_{f} = \frac{2}{3} m_{i} [/itex], but what do I do with vexhaust? The chapter the problem is from is on collisions and such, but I don't really see a collision here. This reminds me of a problem we had once where a person lost in space throws a wrench some "v" to change their course, but I can't remember how the problem was set up :S help, please
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