Question

An astronaut floating in space is trying to use her jetpack to get back to her space station, but she is being pulled away by a nearby planet, as shown in the image below. Her jetpack provides a constant thrust of 165 N. If she angles her jetpack in such a way that it cancels out the vertical force due to the planet's gravity, what is her net horizontal force?

A. 132.6 N toward the space station
B. 53.3 N away from the space station
C. 98.5 N toward the space station
D. 112.8 N away from the space station

Answer 1

C. 98.5N toward the space station

Step-by-step explanation:

Fx= Fjet×cos(20) - Fplanet × cos(45) = 98.5

Because the result is positive so she is going toward the space station