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A rocket of mass 1200kg is travelling at 2000m/s .It fires its engine for 1 min .The forwarded thrust provided by the rocket engines is 10KN (10000 N) .

a)Use the equation of momentum x t to calculate the increase in the momentum of the rocket .
b)use your answer a to calculate the increase in velocity of the rocket and its new velocity after firing the engines .

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Answer:it fires its engine for 1 minute. If the forward thrust provided by the rocket engines is 10000 N, what is the increase in ... From this, work out the increase in velocity of the rocket and its new velocity ... You can put this solution on YOUR website! . From Physics (Mechanics), there is this impulse-momentum change equation: ...

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