100 kg astronaut (including the spacesuit) becomes untethered during a spacewalk and drifts to a distance of 10m

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a 100 kg astronaut (including the spacesuit) becomes untethered during a spacewalk and drifts to a distance of 10m from the mother ship. To get back to the ship, he throws his 2.5 kg tool kit away with an acceleration of 6.0 m/s^-2 which acts over 0.50 s.

a. how does throw the took kit away helps the astronaut in this situation. 

b. What force act on the astronaut and the tool kit?

c. With what speed will the astronaut drift to the mother ship

d. How long will it take for him to reach the ship?

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