Rocket Motion under Gravity Consider a rocket with an initial mass initial velocity vo traveling vertically in the positive y direction under gravity. The rocket ejects spent fuel at the exhaust speed vex relative to the rocket, as a result, m -dm/dt (where we have assumed dm < 0 as discussed in class). Determine the velocity v(t) of the rocket as a function mo and an the rocket's mass decreases steadily at a rate of rn of t.

Rocket Motion under Gravity Consider a rocket with an initial mass initial velocity vo traveling vertically in the positive y direction under gravity. The rocket ejects spent fuel at the exhaust speed vex relative to the rocket, as a result, m -dm/dt (where we have assumed dm < 0 as discussed in class). Determine the velocity v(t) of the rocket as a function mo and an the rocket's mass decreases steadily at a rate of rn of t.

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