You find yourself stuck in outerspace with nothing but your physics book and spacesuit. You have a mass of 108kg in your suit and your physics book has a mass of 3.7 kg. In order to make it back to your stationary spaceship before running out of air you must move at .29 m/s. How fast in m/s do you have to throw your physics book to achieve the speed

You find yourself stuck in outerspace with nothing but your physics book and spacesuit. You have a mass of 108kg in your suit and your physics book has a mass of 3.7 kg. In order to make it back to your stationary spaceship before running out of air you must move at .29 m/s. How fast in m/s do you have to throw your physics book to achieve the speed

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter11: Energy And Its Conservation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 44A

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