As the rocket travels away from Earth’s surface, there is a distance D where the rocket sheds some of its mass, since it no longer needs the excess fuel storage. We can write this function as F ( d ) = { − m 1 k d 2 i f d < D − m 2 k d 2 i f d ≥ D . Is there a D value such that this function is continuous, assuming m 1 ≠ m 2 ?
As the rocket travels away from Earth’s surface, there is a distance D where the rocket sheds some of its mass, since it no longer needs the excess fuel storage. We can write this function as F ( d ) = { − m 1 k d 2 i f d < D − m 2 k d 2 i f d ≥ D . Is there a D value such that this function is continuous, assuming m 1 ≠ m 2 ?
As the rocket travels away from Earth’s surface, there is a distance D where the rocket sheds some of its mass, since it no longer needs the excess fuel storage. We can write this function as
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