Question

A 9.5 kg test rocket is fired vertically from Cape Canaveral. Its fuel gives it a kinetic energy of 2390 J by the time the rocket motor burns all of the fuel. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s². What additional height will the rocket rise? Answer in units of m.​

Answer 1

4.95 m

Step-by-step explanation:

The rocket's initial kinetic energy is equal to the final gravitational potential energy, so we can set these equal to each other and solve for the additional height the rocket will rise:

KEinitial = KEfinal

1/2 * m * v^2 = m * g * h

Substituting the given values, we have:

1/2 * 9.5 kg * v^2 = 9.5 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 * h

Solving for h, we find that the additional height the rocket will rise is h = 2390 J / (9.5 kg * 9.8 m/s^2) = 4.95 m.