{"id":446,"date":"2017-10-27T16:29:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T16:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/chapter\/introduction-to-rocket-propulsion\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T03:24:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T03:24:37","slug":"introduction-to-rocket-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/chapter\/introduction-to-rocket-propulsion\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Rocket Propulsion","rendered":"Introduction to Rocket Propulsion"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>State Newton\u2019s third law of motion.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the principle involved in propulsion of rockets and jet engines.<\/li>\n<li>Derive an expression for the acceleration of the rocket and discuss the factors that affect the acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the function of a space shuttle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2956422\">Rockets range in size from fireworks so small that ordinary people use them to immense Saturn Vs that once propelled massive payloads toward the Moon. The propulsion of all rockets, jet engines, deflating balloons, and even squids and octopuses is explained by the same physical principle\u2014Newton\u2019s third law of motion. Matter is forcefully ejected from a system, producing an equal and opposite reaction on what remains. Another common example is the recoil of a gun. The gun exerts a force on a bullet to accelerate it and consequently experiences an equal and opposite force, causing the gun\u2019s recoil or kick.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" id=\"fs-id1674788\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Making Connections: Take-Home Experiment\u2014Propulsion of a Balloon<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1566124\">Hold a balloon and fill it with air. Then, let the balloon go. In which direction does the air come out of the balloon and in which direction does the balloon get propelled? If you fill the balloon with water and then let the balloon go, does the balloon\u2019s direction change? Explain your answer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1533044\"><a href=\"#import-auto-id2509052\" class=\"autogenerated-content\">(Figure)<\/a> shows a rocket accelerating straight up. In part (a), the rocket has a mass [latex]m[\/latex] and a velocity [latex]v[\/latex] relative to Earth, and hence a momentum [latex]\\text{mv}[\/latex]. In part (b), a time [latex]\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex] has elapsed in which the rocket has ejected a mass [latex]\\text{\u0394}m[\/latex] of hot gas at a velocity [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex] relative to the rocket. The remainder of the mass [latex]\\left(m-\\text{\u0394}m\\right)[\/latex] now has a greater velocity [latex]\\left(v+\\text{\u0394}v\\right)[\/latex]. The momentum of the entire system (rocket plus expelled gas) has actually decreased because the force of gravity has acted for a time [latex]\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex], producing a negative impulse [latex]\\text{\u0394}p=-\\text{mg}\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex]. (Remember that impulse is the net external force on a system multiplied by the time it acts, and it equals the change in momentum of the system.) So, the center of mass of the system is in free fall but, by rapidly expelling mass, part of the system can accelerate upward. It is a commonly held misconception that the rocket exhaust pushes on the ground. If we consider thrust; that is, the force exerted on the rocket by the exhaust gases, then a rocket\u2019s thrust is greater in outer space than in the atmosphere or on the launch pad. In fact, gases are easier to expel into a vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>By calculating the change in momentum for the entire system over [latex]\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex], and equating this change to the impulse, the following expression can be shown to be a good approximation for the acceleration of the rocket.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\" id=\"eip-188\">[latex]a=\\frac{{v}_{\\text{e}}}{m}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}-g[\/latex]<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2963505\">\u201cThe rocket\u201d is that part of the system remaining after the gas is ejected, and [latex]g[\/latex] is the acceleration due to gravity.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" id=\"fs-id1956373\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Acceleration of a Rocket<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2938304\">Acceleration of a rocket is<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\">[latex]a=\\frac{{v}_{\\text{e}}}{m}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}-g,[\/latex]<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2963470\">where [latex]a[\/latex] is the acceleration of the rocket, [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex] is the escape velocity, [latex]m[\/latex] is the mass of the rocket, [latex]\\text{\u0394}m[\/latex] is the mass of the ejected gas, and [latex]\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex] is the time in which the gas is ejected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bc-figure figure\" id=\"import-auto-id2509052\">\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\">(a) This rocket has a mass [latex]m[\/latex] and an upward velocity [latex]v[\/latex]. The net external force on the system is [latex]-\\text{mg}[\/latex]<em data-effect=\"italics\">,<\/em> if air resistance is neglected. (b) A time [latex]\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex] later the system has two main parts, the ejected gas and the remainder of the rocket. The reaction force on the rocket is what overcomes the gravitational force and accelerates it upward.<\/div>\n<p><span data-type=\"media\" id=\"import-auto-id2960813\" data-alt=\"Picture a shows a rocket launched into space. It moves upward with velocity v in time t and the burning of fuel is also shown. After time t plus delta t the mass of fuel decreases by delta m and hence the velocity of the rocket increases to v plus delta v. The free body diagram shows the weight W of the rocket downward, reaction force upward and the resultant velocity upward too.\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/clalonde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2017\/10\/Figure_09_07_01a.jpg\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\" alt=\"Picture a shows a rocket launched into space. It moves upward with velocity v in time t and the burning of fuel is also shown. After time t plus delta t the mass of fuel decreases by delta m and hence the velocity of the rocket increases to v plus delta v. The free body diagram shows the weight W of the rocket downward, reaction force upward and the resultant velocity upward too.\" width=\"300\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2660792\">A rocket\u2019s acceleration depends on three major factors, consistent with the equation for acceleration of a rocket <strong data-effect=\"bold\">. <\/strong>First, the greater the exhaust velocity of the gases relative to the rocket, [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex], the greater the acceleration is. The practical limit for <em data-effect=\"italics\">[latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex] is about [latex]2\\text{.}5\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex] for conventional (non-nuclear) hot-gas propulsion systems. The second factor is the rate at which mass is ejected from the rocket. This is the factor [latex]\\text{\u0394}m\/\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex] in the equation. The quantity [latex]\\left(\\text{\u0394}m\/\\text{\u0394}t\\right){v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex], with units of newtons, is called \"thrust.\u201d The faster the rocket burns its fuel, the greater its thrust, and the greater its acceleration. The third factor is the mass <em data-effect=\"italics\">[latex]m[\/latex]<\/em> of the rocket. The smaller the mass is (all other factors being the same), the greater the acceleration. The rocket mass <em data-effect=\"italics\">[latex]m[\/latex]<\/em> decreases dramatically during flight because most of the rocket is fuel to begin with, so that acceleration increases continuously, reaching a maximum just before the fuel is exhausted.<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" id=\"fs-id1049983\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Factors Affecting a Rocket\u2019s Acceleration<\/div>\n<ul id=\"eip-189\">\n<li>The greater the exhaust velocity [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex] of the gases relative to the rocket, the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The faster the rocket burns its fuel, the greater its acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The smaller the rocket\u2019s mass (all other factors being the same), the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"example\" class=\"textbox examples\" id=\"fs-id2648398\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Calculating Acceleration: Initial Acceleration of a Moon Launch<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2805832\">A Saturn V\u2019s mass at liftoff was [latex]2\\text{.}\\text{80}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{6}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{kg}[\/latex], its fuel-burn rate was [latex]1\\text{.}\\text{40}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{4}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{kg\/s}[\/latex], and the exhaust velocity was [latex]2\\text{.}\\text{40}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex]. Calculate its initial acceleration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1364586\">This problem is a straightforward application of the expression for acceleration because <em data-effect=\"italics\">[latex]a[\/latex]<\/em> is the unknown and all of the terms on the right side of the equation are given.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eip-234\"><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1586557\">Substituting the given values into the equation for acceleration yields<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\" id=\"eip-13\">[latex]\\begin{array}{lll}a&amp; =&amp; \\frac{{v}_{\\text{e}}}{m}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}-g\\\\ &amp; =&amp; \\text{}\\frac{2\\text{.}\\text{40}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}}{2\\text{.}\\text{80}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{6}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{kg}}\\left(1\\text{.}\\text{40}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{4}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{kg\/s}\\right)-9\\text{.}\\text{80}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}{\\text{m\/s}}^{2}\\\\ &amp; =&amp; \\text{}\\text{2}\\text{.}\\text{20}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}{\\text{m\/s}}^{2}.\\end{array}[\/latex]<\/div>\n<p id=\"eip-138\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2733074\">This value is fairly small, even for an initial acceleration. The acceleration does increase steadily as the rocket burns fuel, because [latex]m[\/latex] decreases while [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex] and [latex]\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}[\/latex] remain constant. Knowing this acceleration and the mass of the rocket, you can show that the thrust of the engines was [latex]3\\text{.}\\text{36}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{7}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{N}[\/latex].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2732162\">To achieve the high speeds needed to hop continents, obtain orbit, or escape Earth\u2019s gravity altogether, the mass of the rocket other than fuel must be as small as possible. It can be shown that, in the absence of air resistance and neglecting gravity, the final velocity of a one-stage rocket initially at rest is<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\" id=\"eip-71\">[latex]v={v}_{\\text{e}}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{ln}\\phantom{\\rule{0.15em}{0ex}}\\frac{{m}_{0}}{{m}_{\\text{r}}},[\/latex]<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1570143\">where [latex]\\text{ln}\\left({m}_{0}\/{m}_{\\text{r}}\\right)[\/latex] is the natural logarithm of the ratio of the initial mass of the rocket [latex]\\left({m}_{0}\\right)[\/latex] to what is left [latex]\\left({m}_{\\text{r}}\\right)[\/latex] after all of the fuel is exhausted. (Note that [latex]v[\/latex] is actually the change in velocity, so the equation can be used for any segment of the flight. If we start from rest, the change in velocity equals the final velocity.) For example, let us calculate the mass ratio needed to escape Earth\u2019s gravity starting from rest, given that the escape velocity from Earth is about [latex]\\text{11}\\text{.}2\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex], and assuming an exhaust velocity [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}=2\\text{.}5\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex]. <\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\">[latex]\\text{ln}\\phantom{\\rule{0.15em}{0ex}}\\frac{{m}_{0}}{{m}_{\\text{r}}}=\\frac{v}{{v}_{\\text{e}}}=\\frac{\\text{11}\\text{.}2\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}}{2\\text{.}5\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}}=4\\text{.}\\text{48}[\/latex]<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2561618\">Solving for [latex]{m}_{0}\/{m}_{\\text{r}}[\/latex] gives<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\">[latex]\\frac{{m}_{0}}{{m}_{\\text{r}}}={e}^{4\\text{.}\\text{48}}=\\text{88}\\text{.}[\/latex]<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2608593\">Thus, the mass of the rocket is<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\">[latex]{m}_{\\text{r}}=\\frac{{m}_{0}}{\\text{88}}\\text{.}[\/latex]<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1579193\">This result means that only [latex]1\/\\text{88}[\/latex] of the mass is left when the fuel is burnt, and [latex]\\text{87}\/\\text{88}[\/latex] of the initial mass was fuel. Expressed as percentages, 98.9% of the rocket is fuel, while payload, engines, fuel tanks, and other components make up only 1.10%. Taking air resistance and gravitational force into account, the mass [latex]{m}_{\\text{r}}[\/latex] remaining can only be about [latex]{m}_{0}\/\\text{180}[\/latex]. It is difficult to build a rocket in which the fuel has a mass 180 times everything else. The solution is multistage rockets. Each stage only needs to achieve part of the final velocity and is discarded after it burns its fuel. The result is that each successive stage can have smaller engines and more payload relative to its fuel. Once out of the atmosphere, the ratio of payload to fuel becomes more favorable, too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1488017\">The space shuttle was an attempt at an economical vehicle with some reusable parts, such as the solid fuel boosters and the craft itself. (See <a href=\"#import-auto-id2998704\" class=\"autogenerated-content\">(Figure)<\/a>) The shuttle\u2019s need to be operated by humans, however, made it at least as costly for launching satellites as expendable, unmanned rockets. Ideally, the shuttle would only have been used when human activities were required for the success of a mission, such as the repair of the Hubble space telescope. Rockets with satellites can also be launched from airplanes. Using airplanes has the double advantage that the initial velocity is significantly above zero and a rocket can avoid most of the atmosphere\u2019s resistance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bc-figure figure\" id=\"import-auto-id2998704\">\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\">The space shuttle had a number of reusable parts. Solid fuel boosters on either side were recovered and refueled after each flight, and the entire orbiter returned to Earth for use in subsequent flights. The large liquid fuel tank was expended. The space shuttle was a complex assemblage of technologies, employing both solid and liquid fuel and pioneering ceramic tiles as reentry heat shields. As a result, it permitted multiple launches as opposed to single-use rockets. (credit: NASA)<\/div>\n<p><span data-type=\"media\" id=\"import-auto-id2543348\" data-alt=\"The space shuttle is launched. It consists of the shuttle orbiter, two solid rocket boosters, and an expendable external tank. It takes off leaving much smoke and fire.\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/clalonde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2017\/10\/Figure_09_07_02a.jpg\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\" alt=\"The space shuttle is launched. It consists of the shuttle orbiter, two solid rocket boosters, and an expendable external tank. It takes off leaving much smoke and fire.\" width=\"250\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">PhET Explorations: Lunar Lander<\/div>\n<p id=\"eip-id1169738123782\">Can you avoid the boulder field and land safely, just before your fuel runs out, as Neil Armstrong did in 1969? Our version of this classic video game accurately simulates the real motion of the lunar lander with the correct mass, thrust, fuel consumption rate, and lunar gravity. The real lunar lander is very hard to control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bc-figure figure\" id=\"eip-id1820672\">\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\"><a href=\"\/resources\/3e77e43456a31d5f46f5196c5b3a4e8865a23441\/lunar-lander_en.jar\">Lunar Lander<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span data-type=\"media\" id=\"Phet_module_9.7\" data-alt=\"\"><a href=\"\/resources\/3e77e43456a31d5f46f5196c5b3a4e8865a23441\/lunar-lander_en.jar\" data-type=\"image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/clalonde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2017\/10\/PhET_Icon.png\" data-media-type=\"image\/png\" alt=\"\" data-print=\"false\" width=\"450\"><\/a><span data-media-type=\"image\/png\" data-print=\"true\" data-src=\"\/resources\/075500ad9f71890a85fe3f7a4137ac08e2b7907c\/PhET_Icon.png\" data-type=\"image\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section-summary\" data-depth=\"1\" id=\"fs-id2738071\">\n<h1 data-type=\"title\">Section Summary<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"fs-id2607057\">\n<li id=\"import-auto-id1364400\">Newton\u2019s third law of motion states that to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.<\/li>\n<li>Acceleration of a rocket is [latex]a=\\frac{{v}_{\\text{e}}}{m}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}-g[\/latex].<\/li>\n<li id=\"import-auto-id1596647\">A rocket\u2019s acceleration depends on three main factors. They are\n<ol id=\"eip-id1164757135823\" data-number-style=\"arabic\">\n<li>The greater the exhaust velocity of the gases, the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The faster the rocket burns its fuel, the greater its acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The smaller the rocket's mass, the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"conceptual-questions\" data-depth=\"1\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<h1 data-type=\"title\">Conceptual Questions<\/h1>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2554772\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id3095368\">\n<p id=\"eip-id2792636\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1665863\">Suppose a fireworks shell explodes, breaking into three large pieces for which air resistance is negligible. How is the motion of the center of mass affected by the explosion? How would it be affected if the pieces experienced significantly more air resistance than the intact shell?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id1279088\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1516460\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1945871\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2574270\">During a visit to the International Space Station, an astronaut was positioned motionless in the center of the station, out of reach of any solid object on which he could exert a force. Suggest a method by which he could move himself away from this position, and explain the physics involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id1656529\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1677589\">\n<p id=\"eip-id2403537\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3166589\">It is possible for the velocity of a rocket to be greater than the exhaust velocity of the gases it ejects. When that is the case, the gas velocity and gas momentum are in the same direction as that of the rocket. How is the rocket still able to obtain thrust by ejecting the gases?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"problems-exercises\" data-depth=\"1\" id=\"fs-id2608838\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<h1 data-type=\"title\">Problems &amp; Exercises<\/h1>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id1106358\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2169081\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1494167\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id896248\">Antiballistic missiles (ABMs) are designed to have very large accelerations so that they may intercept fast-moving incoming missiles in the short time available. What is the takeoff acceleration of a 10,000-kg ABM that expels 196 kg of gas per second at an exhaust velocity of [latex]2\\text{.}\\text{50}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s?}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id2648753\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2749421\">[latex]\\text{39}\\text{.}2\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}{\\text{m\/s}}^{2}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2692650\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2824037\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092813292\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2757658\">What is the acceleration of a 5000-kg rocket taking off from the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is only [latex]1\\text{.}6\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}{\\text{m\/s}}^{2}[\/latex], if the rocket expels 8.00 kg of gas per second at an exhaust velocity of [latex]2\\text{.}\\text{20}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s?}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2687489\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1551870\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092816812\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1356394\">Calculate the increase in velocity of a 4000-kg space probe that expels 3500 kg of its mass at an exhaust velocity of [latex]2\\text{.}\\text{00}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex]. You may assume the gravitational force is negligible at the probe\u2019s location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id2597533\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2975578\">[latex]4\\text{.}\\text{16}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2507085\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092800896\"><strong>Professional  Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2651750\">Ion-propulsion rockets have been proposed for use in space. They employ atomic ionization techniques and nuclear energy sources to produce extremely high exhaust velocities, perhaps as great as [latex]8\\text{.}\\text{00}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{6}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex]. These techniques allow a much more favorable payload-to-fuel ratio. To illustrate this fact: (a) Calculate the increase in velocity of a 20,000-kg space probe that expels only 40.0-kg of its mass at the given exhaust velocity. (b) These engines are usually designed to produce a very small thrust for a very long time\u2014the type of engine that might be useful on a trip to the outer planets, for example. Calculate the acceleration of such an engine if it expels [latex]4\\text{.}\\text{50}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{-6}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{kg\/s}[\/latex] at the given velocity, assuming the acceleration due to gravity is negligible. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2605458\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2991795\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2644652\">Derive the equation for the vertical acceleration of a rocket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"eip-id1171092807004\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092807006\">The force needed to give a small mass [latex]\\text{\u0394}m[\/latex] an acceleration [latex]{a}_{\\text{\u0394}m}[\/latex] is [latex]F=\\text{\u0394}{\\text{ma}}_{\\text{\u0394}m}[\/latex]. To accelerate this mass in the small time interval [latex]\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex] at a speed [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}[\/latex] requires [latex]{v}_{\\text{e}}={a}_{\\text{\u0394}m}\\text{\u0394}t[\/latex], so [latex]F={v}_{\\text{e}}\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}[\/latex]. By Newton\u2019s third law, this force is equal in magnitude to the thrust force acting on the rocket, so [latex]{F}_{\\text{thrust}}={v}_{\\text{e}}\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}[\/latex], where all quantities are positive. Applying Newton\u2019s second law to the rocket gives [latex]{F}_{\\text{thrust}}-\\text{mg}=\\text{ma}\u21d2a=\\frac{{v}_{\\text{e}}}{m}\\frac{\\text{\u0394}m}{\\text{\u0394}t}-g[\/latex], where [latex]m[\/latex] is the mass of the rocket and unburnt fuel.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2000707\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1956195\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092809765\"><strong>Professional  Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2559261\">(a) Calculate the maximum rate at which a rocket can expel gases if its acceleration cannot exceed seven times that of gravity. The mass of the rocket just as it runs out of fuel is 75,000-kg, and its exhaust velocity is [latex]2\\text{.}\\text{40}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex]. Assume that the acceleration of gravity is the same as on Earth\u2019s surface [latex]\\left(9\\text{.}\\text{80}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}{\\text{m\/s}}^{2}\\right)[\/latex]. (b) Why might it be necessary to limit the acceleration of a rocket?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2725128\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1418678\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2581167\">Given the following data for a fire extinguisher-toy wagon rocket experiment, calculate the average exhaust velocity of the gases expelled from the extinguisher. Starting from rest, the final velocity is 10.0 m\/s. The total mass is initially 75.0 kg and is 70.0 kg after the extinguisher is fired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2339225\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1546079\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2921607\">How much of a single-stage rocket that is 100,000 kg can be anything but fuel if the rocket is to have a final speed of [latex]8\\text{.}\\text{00}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{km\/s}[\/latex], given that it expels gases at an exhaust velocity of<br>\n        [latex]2\\text{.}\\text{20}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s?}[\/latex] <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1622341\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1552337\">[latex]2\\text{.}\\text{63}\u00d7{\\text{10}}^{3}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{kg}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id3112790\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2735926\">\n<p id=\"eip-id2469603\"><strong>Professional  Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3158588\">(a) A 5.00-kg squid initially at rest ejects 0.250-kg of fluid with a velocity of 10.0 m\/s. What is the recoil velocity of the squid if the ejection is done in 0.100 s and there is a 5.00-N frictional force opposing the squid\u2019s movement. (b) How much energy is lost to work done against friction?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1949244\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3366533\">(a) 0.421 m\/s away from the ejected fluid.<\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2575874\">(b)<br>\n        [latex]0\\text{.237}\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{J}[\/latex].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2751219\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1666284\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092806556\"><strong>Unreasonable Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1048939\">Squids have been reported to jump from the ocean and travel [latex]\\text{30}\\text{.}0\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m}[\/latex] (measured horizontally) before re-entering the water. (a) Calculate the initial speed of the squid if it leaves the water at an angle of [latex]\\text{20}\\text{.}0\u00ba[\/latex], assuming negligible lift from the air and negligible air resistance. (b) The squid propels itself by squirting water. What fraction of its mass would it have to eject in order to achieve the speed found in the previous part? The water is ejected at [latex]\\text{12}\\text{.}0\\phantom{\\rule{0.25em}{0ex}}\\text{m\/s}[\/latex]; gravitational force and friction are neglected. (c) What is unreasonable about the results? (d) Which premise is unreasonable, or which premises are inconsistent?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2984662\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2984663\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092811613\"><strong>Construct Your Own Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2508412\">Consider an astronaut in deep space cut free from her space ship and needing to get back to it. The astronaut has a few packages that she can throw away to move herself toward the ship. Construct a problem in which you calculate the time it takes her to get back by throwing all the packages at one time compared to throwing them one at a time. Among the things to be considered are the masses involved, the force she can exert on the packages through some distance, and the distance to the ship. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2601120\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2735712\">\n<p id=\"eip-id8917176\"><strong>Construct Your Own Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3255985\">Consider an artillery projectile striking armor plating. Construct a problem in which you find the force exerted by the projectile on the plate. Among the things to be considered are the mass and speed of the projectile and the distance over which its speed is reduced. Your instructor may also wish for you to consider the relative merits of depleted uranium versus lead projectiles based on the greater density of uranium. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>State Newton\u2019s third law of motion.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the principle involved in propulsion of rockets and jet engines.<\/li>\n<li>Derive an expression for the acceleration of the rocket and discuss the factors that affect the acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the function of a space shuttle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2956422\">Rockets range in size from fireworks so small that ordinary people use them to immense Saturn Vs that once propelled massive payloads toward the Moon. The propulsion of all rockets, jet engines, deflating balloons, and even squids and octopuses is explained by the same physical principle\u2014Newton\u2019s third law of motion. Matter is forcefully ejected from a system, producing an equal and opposite reaction on what remains. Another common example is the recoil of a gun. The gun exerts a force on a bullet to accelerate it and consequently experiences an equal and opposite force, causing the gun\u2019s recoil or kick.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" id=\"fs-id1674788\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Making Connections: Take-Home Experiment\u2014Propulsion of a Balloon<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1566124\">Hold a balloon and fill it with air. Then, let the balloon go. In which direction does the air come out of the balloon and in which direction does the balloon get propelled? If you fill the balloon with water and then let the balloon go, does the balloon\u2019s direction change? Explain your answer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1533044\"><a href=\"#import-auto-id2509052\" class=\"autogenerated-content\">(Figure)<\/a> shows a rocket accelerating straight up. In part (a), the rocket has a mass <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6b41df788161942c6f98604d37de8098_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> and a velocity <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-ef71511c70f0e4b25cc6bd69f3bc20c2_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#118;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"9\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> relative to Earth, and hence a momentum <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-ae9d7b4fed86ede73d4798de8663cfd7_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#118;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"9\" width=\"23\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/>. In part (b), a time <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6e22acc0b91514a4aaf1954c300f3438_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"6\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> has elapsed in which the rocket has ejected a mass <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-33dbe0a87b45bb7553f460a1246594e3_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> of hot gas at a velocity <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b1153be1f5dc1a3e48ad5290d1098edd_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/> relative to the rocket. The remainder of the mass <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-50ec86a8281e71b1ec160745c8fb2398_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#109;&#45;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"65\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> now has a greater velocity <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-c5a98546614786b369629adc3d1450c6_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#118;&#43;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#118;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"52\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>. The momentum of the entire system (rocket plus expelled gas) has actually decreased because the force of gravity has acted for a time <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6e22acc0b91514a4aaf1954c300f3438_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"6\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/>, producing a negative impulse <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-8aa90718920ab41b1632d29520a4a217_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#112;&#61;&#45;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#103;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"16\" width=\"77\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>. (Remember that impulse is the net external force on a system multiplied by the time it acts, and it equals the change in momentum of the system.) So, the center of mass of the system is in free fall but, by rapidly expelling mass, part of the system can accelerate upward. It is a commonly held misconception that the rocket exhaust pushes on the ground. If we consider thrust; that is, the force exerted on the rocket by the exhaust gases, then a rocket\u2019s thrust is greater in outer space than in the atmosphere or on the launch pad. In fact, gases are easier to expel into a vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>By calculating the change in momentum for the entire system over <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6e22acc0b91514a4aaf1954c300f3438_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"6\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/>, and equating this change to the impulse, the following expression can be shown to be a good approximation for the acceleration of the rocket.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\" id=\"eip-188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-29aee87047d218c2a7be8a82c7a146fb_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#97;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;&#45;&#103;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"101\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2963505\">\u201cThe rocket\u201d is that part of the system remaining after the gas is ejected, and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-d208fd391fa57c168dc0f151de829fee_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#103;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"9\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> is the acceleration due to gravity.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" id=\"fs-id1956373\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Acceleration of a Rocket<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2938304\">Acceleration of a rocket is<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-83b728d5165da2d086c53db35aede259_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#97;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;&#45;&#103;&#44;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"105\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2963470\">where <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-5c53d6ebabdbcfa4e107550ea60b1b19_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#97;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"9\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> is the acceleration of the rocket, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b1153be1f5dc1a3e48ad5290d1098edd_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/> is the escape velocity, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6b41df788161942c6f98604d37de8098_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> is the mass of the rocket, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-33dbe0a87b45bb7553f460a1246594e3_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> is the mass of the ejected gas, and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6e22acc0b91514a4aaf1954c300f3438_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"6\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> is the time in which the gas is ejected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bc-figure figure\" id=\"import-auto-id2509052\">\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\">(a) This rocket has a mass <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6b41df788161942c6f98604d37de8098_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> and an upward velocity <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-ef71511c70f0e4b25cc6bd69f3bc20c2_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#118;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"9\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/>. The net external force on the system is <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-e55756a2cde1dfa75e112f62c5090e3a_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#45;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#103;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"37\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/><em data-effect=\"italics\">,<\/em> if air resistance is neglected. (b) A time <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6e22acc0b91514a4aaf1954c300f3438_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"6\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> later the system has two main parts, the ejected gas and the remainder of the rocket. The reaction force on the rocket is what overcomes the gravitational force and accelerates it upward.<\/div>\n<p><span data-type=\"media\" id=\"import-auto-id2960813\" data-alt=\"Picture a shows a rocket launched into space. It moves upward with velocity v in time t and the burning of fuel is also shown. After time t plus delta t the mass of fuel decreases by delta m and hence the velocity of the rocket increases to v plus delta v. The free body diagram shows the weight W of the rocket downward, reaction force upward and the resultant velocity upward too.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/clalonde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2017\/10\/Figure_09_07_01a.jpg\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\" alt=\"Picture a shows a rocket launched into space. It moves upward with velocity v in time t and the burning of fuel is also shown. After time t plus delta t the mass of fuel decreases by delta m and hence the velocity of the rocket increases to v plus delta v. The free body diagram shows the weight W of the rocket downward, reaction force upward and the resultant velocity upward too.\" width=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2660792\">A rocket\u2019s acceleration depends on three major factors, consistent with the equation for acceleration of a rocket <strong data-effect=\"bold\">. <\/strong>First, the greater the exhaust velocity of the gases relative to the rocket, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b1153be1f5dc1a3e48ad5290d1098edd_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/>, the greater the acceleration is. The practical limit for <em data-effect=\"italics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b1153be1f5dc1a3e48ad5290d1098edd_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/> is about <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-e4e4d2121ef7a9b8bf986dd2024993f4_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#53;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"84\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> for conventional (non-nuclear) hot-gas propulsion systems. The second factor is the rate at which mass is ejected from the rocket. This is the factor <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-a34ff05ca81dfc6de00304a2f2cf2a32_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#47;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"31\" style=\"vertical-align: -5px;\" \/> in the equation. The quantity <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-31f2f4b42765618ce51fca31f9941140_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#47;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"62\" style=\"vertical-align: -5px;\" \/>, with units of newtons, is called &#8220;thrust.\u201d The faster the rocket burns its fuel, the greater its thrust, and the greater its acceleration. The third factor is the mass <em data-effect=\"italics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6b41df788161942c6f98604d37de8098_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/><\/em> of the rocket. The smaller the mass is (all other factors being the same), the greater the acceleration. The rocket mass <em data-effect=\"italics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6b41df788161942c6f98604d37de8098_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/><\/em> decreases dramatically during flight because most of the rocket is fuel to begin with, so that acceleration increases continuously, reaching a maximum just before the fuel is exhausted.<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" id=\"fs-id1049983\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Factors Affecting a Rocket\u2019s Acceleration<\/div>\n<ul id=\"eip-189\">\n<li>The greater the exhaust velocity <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b1153be1f5dc1a3e48ad5290d1098edd_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/> of the gases relative to the rocket, the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The faster the rocket burns its fuel, the greater its acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The smaller the rocket\u2019s mass (all other factors being the same), the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"example\" class=\"textbox examples\" id=\"fs-id2648398\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">Calculating Acceleration: Initial Acceleration of a Moon Launch<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2805832\">A Saturn V\u2019s mass at liftoff was <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-1e2fdfb17a48c905b5523c8b2156f596_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#54;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#107;&#103;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"79\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/>, its fuel-burn rate was <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-7434362f7bc9ba518182693e4df85d05_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#49;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#52;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#52;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#107;&#103;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"94\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>, and the exhaust velocity was <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-4c4fb160635fd6f7bf785a9165fd3985_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#52;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>. Calculate its initial acceleration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1364586\">This problem is a straightforward application of the expression for acceleration because <em data-effect=\"italics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-5c53d6ebabdbcfa4e107550ea60b1b19_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#97;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"9\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/><\/em> is the unknown and all of the terms on the right side of the equation are given.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eip-234\"><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1586557\">Substituting the given values into the equation for acceleration yields<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\" id=\"eip-13\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-8606f98b1979eadc0ee3cf435daeef2c_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#98;&#101;&#103;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#97;&#114;&#114;&#97;&#121;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#108;&#108;&#125;&#97;&#38;&#32;&#61;&#38;&#32;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;&#45;&#103;&#92;&#92;&#32;&#38;&#32;&#61;&#38;&#32;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#52;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#54;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#107;&#103;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#49;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#52;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#52;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#107;&#103;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;&#45;&#57;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#48;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#92;&#92;&#32;&#38;&#32;&#61;&#38;&#32;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#50;&#48;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#46;&#92;&#101;&#110;&#100;&#123;&#97;&#114;&#114;&#97;&#121;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"69\" width=\"343\" style=\"vertical-align: -30px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"eip-138\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2733074\">This value is fairly small, even for an initial acceleration. The acceleration does increase steadily as the rocket burns fuel, because <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6b41df788161942c6f98604d37de8098_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> decreases while <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b1153be1f5dc1a3e48ad5290d1098edd_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/> and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-e340283a66f0b674ac0a9f76a4f29451_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"13\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/> remain constant. Knowing this acceleration and the mass of the rocket, you can show that the thrust of the engines was <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-e39520211300933bef7e83bd0131a091_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#51;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#51;&#54;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#55;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#78;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"16\" width=\"74\" style=\"vertical-align: -1px;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2732162\">To achieve the high speeds needed to hop continents, obtain orbit, or escape Earth\u2019s gravity altogether, the mass of the rocket other than fuel must be as small as possible. It can be shown that, in the absence of air resistance and neglecting gravity, the final velocity of a one-stage rocket initially at rest is<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\" id=\"eip-71\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-3da03ea3c4f231323153ab4371815061_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#118;&#61;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#108;&#110;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#49;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#44;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"22\" width=\"97\" style=\"vertical-align: -9px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1570143\">where <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-dac6a509b8049bb4e99b397258dcfc25_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#108;&#110;&#125;&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#47;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"84\" style=\"vertical-align: -5px;\" \/> is the natural logarithm of the ratio of the initial mass of the rocket <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-4c76da264b6777a7fe335a3cbe928165_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"35\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> to what is left <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-0276637f882bd4c25c102e3b42feeff4_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"34\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> after all of the fuel is exhausted. (Note that <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-ef71511c70f0e4b25cc6bd69f3bc20c2_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#118;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"9\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> is actually the change in velocity, so the equation can be used for any segment of the flight. If we start from rest, the change in velocity equals the final velocity.) For example, let us calculate the mass ratio needed to escape Earth\u2019s gravity starting from rest, given that the escape velocity from Earth is about <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-c1b7aad0b87cebd2f1babd1a6a698132_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#49;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#50;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"91\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>, and assuming an exhaust velocity <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-08b26f5ccb21c3361605c835dc6ce886_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#53;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"123\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>. <\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-9e5ee17733336f703a694a273f8b96f9_l3.png\" 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alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#108;&#110;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#49;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#123;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#49;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#50;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#53;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#52;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#52;&#56;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"30\" width=\"237\" style=\"vertical-align: -10px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2561618\">Solving for <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-46d229c65de3d10634f88fd78e9b72c9_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#47;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"53\" style=\"vertical-align: -5px;\" \/> gives<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-0e6e606deece4a6a57720c4843e14568_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#52;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#52;&#56;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#56;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"24\" width=\"123\" style=\"vertical-align: -9px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2608593\">Thus, the mass of the rocket is<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"equation\" class=\"equation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-7e5010b53b87c8e97965ca86c664d0e6_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#56;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"72\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1579193\">This result means that only <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-98c2cd72f4c178d3f68907d8dc5a0190_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#49;&#47;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#56;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"35\" style=\"vertical-align: -5px;\" \/> of the mass is left when the fuel is burnt, and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-a387cb4e1e529414dcdca4bfad2a7ecb_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#55;&#125;&#47;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#56;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"45\" style=\"vertical-align: -5px;\" \/> of the initial mass was fuel. Expressed as percentages, 98.9% of the rocket is fuel, while payload, engines, fuel tanks, and other components make up only 1.10%. Taking air resistance and gravitational force into account, the mass <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-f5863a51bfdd47d899f76437b4e3d0c1_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#114;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"21\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> remaining can only be about <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-66d91f30c60dac3c062f598e95281473_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#109;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#47;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#56;&#48;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"59\" style=\"vertical-align: -5px;\" \/>. It is difficult to build a rocket in which the fuel has a mass 180 times everything else. The solution is multistage rockets. Each stage only needs to achieve part of the final velocity and is discarded after it burns its fuel. The result is that each successive stage can have smaller engines and more payload relative to its fuel. Once out of the atmosphere, the ratio of payload to fuel becomes more favorable, too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1488017\">The space shuttle was an attempt at an economical vehicle with some reusable parts, such as the solid fuel boosters and the craft itself. (See <a href=\"#import-auto-id2998704\" class=\"autogenerated-content\">(Figure)<\/a>) The shuttle\u2019s need to be operated by humans, however, made it at least as costly for launching satellites as expendable, unmanned rockets. Ideally, the shuttle would only have been used when human activities were required for the success of a mission, such as the repair of the Hubble space telescope. Rockets with satellites can also be launched from airplanes. Using airplanes has the double advantage that the initial velocity is significantly above zero and a rocket can avoid most of the atmosphere\u2019s resistance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bc-figure figure\" id=\"import-auto-id2998704\">\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\">The space shuttle had a number of reusable parts. Solid fuel boosters on either side were recovered and refueled after each flight, and the entire orbiter returned to Earth for use in subsequent flights. The large liquid fuel tank was expended. The space shuttle was a complex assemblage of technologies, employing both solid and liquid fuel and pioneering ceramic tiles as reentry heat shields. As a result, it permitted multiple launches as opposed to single-use rockets. (credit: NASA)<\/div>\n<p><span data-type=\"media\" id=\"import-auto-id2543348\" data-alt=\"The space shuttle is launched. It consists of the shuttle orbiter, two solid rocket boosters, and an expendable external tank. It takes off leaving much smoke and fire.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/clalonde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2017\/10\/Figure_09_07_02a.jpg\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\" alt=\"The space shuttle is launched. It consists of the shuttle orbiter, two solid rocket boosters, and an expendable external tank. It takes off leaving much smoke and fire.\" width=\"250\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"note\" class=\"note\" data-has-label=\"true\" data-label=\"\">\n<div data-type=\"title\" class=\"title\">PhET Explorations: Lunar Lander<\/div>\n<p id=\"eip-id1169738123782\">Can you avoid the boulder field and land safely, just before your fuel runs out, as Neil Armstrong did in 1969? Our version of this classic video game accurately simulates the real motion of the lunar lander with the correct mass, thrust, fuel consumption rate, and lunar gravity. The real lunar lander is very hard to control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bc-figure figure\" id=\"eip-id1820672\">\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\"><a href=\"\/resources\/3e77e43456a31d5f46f5196c5b3a4e8865a23441\/lunar-lander_en.jar\">Lunar Lander<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span data-type=\"media\" id=\"Phet_module_9.7\" data-alt=\"\"><a href=\"\/resources\/3e77e43456a31d5f46f5196c5b3a4e8865a23441\/lunar-lander_en.jar\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/clalonde\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2017\/10\/PhET_Icon.png\" data-media-type=\"image\/png\" alt=\"\" data-print=\"false\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><span data-media-type=\"image\/png\" data-print=\"true\" data-src=\"\/resources\/075500ad9f71890a85fe3f7a4137ac08e2b7907c\/PhET_Icon.png\" data-type=\"image\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section-summary\" data-depth=\"1\" id=\"fs-id2738071\">\n<h1 data-type=\"title\">Section Summary<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"fs-id2607057\">\n<li id=\"import-auto-id1364400\">Newton\u2019s third law of motion states that to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.<\/li>\n<li>Acceleration of a rocket is <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-29aee87047d218c2a7be8a82c7a146fb_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#97;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;&#45;&#103;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"101\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li id=\"import-auto-id1596647\">A rocket\u2019s acceleration depends on three main factors. They are\n<ol id=\"eip-id1164757135823\" data-number-style=\"arabic\">\n<li>The greater the exhaust velocity of the gases, the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The faster the rocket burns its fuel, the greater its acceleration.<\/li>\n<li>The smaller the rocket&#8217;s mass, the greater the acceleration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"conceptual-questions\" data-depth=\"1\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<h1 data-type=\"title\">Conceptual Questions<\/h1>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2554772\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id3095368\">\n<p id=\"eip-id2792636\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1665863\">Suppose a fireworks shell explodes, breaking into three large pieces for which air resistance is negligible. How is the motion of the center of mass affected by the explosion? How would it be affected if the pieces experienced significantly more air resistance than the intact shell?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id1279088\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1516460\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1945871\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2574270\">During a visit to the International Space Station, an astronaut was positioned motionless in the center of the station, out of reach of any solid object on which he could exert a force. Suggest a method by which he could move himself away from this position, and explain the physics involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id1656529\" data-element-type=\"conceptual-questions\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1677589\">\n<p id=\"eip-id2403537\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3166589\">It is possible for the velocity of a rocket to be greater than the exhaust velocity of the gases it ejects. When that is the case, the gas velocity and gas momentum are in the same direction as that of the rocket. How is the rocket still able to obtain thrust by ejecting the gases?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"problems-exercises\" data-depth=\"1\" id=\"fs-id2608838\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<h1 data-type=\"title\">Problems &amp; Exercises<\/h1>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id1106358\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2169081\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1494167\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id896248\">Antiballistic missiles (ABMs) are designed to have very large accelerations so that they may intercept fast-moving incoming missiles in the short time available. What is the takeoff acceleration of a 10,000-kg ABM that expels 196 kg of gas per second at an exhaust velocity of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-5977009ee4c9774e8f9cecc9ce3784f4_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#53;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#63;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"100\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id2648753\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2749421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-bad52fa9f1e50277a0d3e39da468ea82_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#51;&#57;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#50;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"21\" width=\"74\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2692650\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2824037\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092813292\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2757658\">What is the acceleration of a 5000-kg rocket taking off from the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is only <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-8a13cd15603228a17f6fcc5b4cb55ef9_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#49;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#54;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"21\" width=\"64\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>, if the rocket expels 8.00 kg of gas per second at an exhaust velocity of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-ac682c7ad1db7ac1812fdf405c5059e0_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#50;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#63;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"100\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2687489\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1551870\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092816812\"><strong>Professional Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1356394\">Calculate the increase in velocity of a 4000-kg space probe that expels 3500 kg of its mass at an exhaust velocity of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-badf3d7e6183850d101511dce78d1ad0_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#48;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>. You may assume the gravitational force is negligible at the probe\u2019s location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id2597533\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2975578\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-12e319c518a03fe473558fe09aef8880_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#52;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#54;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2507085\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092800896\"><strong>Professional  Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2651750\">Ion-propulsion rockets have been proposed for use in space. They employ atomic ionization techniques and nuclear energy sources to produce extremely high exhaust velocities, perhaps as great as <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b0c363d4ed6bf21b67f1fa5eb8d505ed_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#56;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#48;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#54;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>. These techniques allow a much more favorable payload-to-fuel ratio. To illustrate this fact: (a) Calculate the increase in velocity of a 20,000-kg space probe that expels only 40.0-kg of its mass at the given exhaust velocity. (b) These engines are usually designed to produce a very small thrust for a very long time\u2014the type of engine that might be useful on a trip to the outer planets, for example. Calculate the acceleration of such an engine if it expels <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-05f23f2c987a01401316ecccdbc56ffc_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#52;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#53;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#45;&#54;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#107;&#103;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"106\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> at the given velocity, assuming the acceleration due to gravity is negligible. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2605458\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2991795\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2644652\">Derive the equation for the vertical acceleration of a rocket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"eip-id1171092807004\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092807006\">The force needed to give a small mass <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-33dbe0a87b45bb7553f460a1246594e3_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> an acceleration <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-cc005faf6a509d99327bc2935041b8c2_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#97;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"21\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/> is <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-bb4192da8048e74c5f8013e834f9cd8d_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#70;&#61;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#97;&#125;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"15\" width=\"73\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/>. To accelerate this mass in the small time interval <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6e22acc0b91514a4aaf1954c300f3438_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"6\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> at a speed <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b1153be1f5dc1a3e48ad5290d1098edd_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"11\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/> requires <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-49b3fc931bd8c9c0c162b61ee4eabe0d_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#123;&#97;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"15\" width=\"68\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/>, so <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-761fa00d2d6c484938ee642d3d21ace2_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#70;&#61;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"68\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/>. By Newton\u2019s third law, this force is equal in magnitude to the thrust force acting on the rocket, so <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-43027f9fd88d1d2b7dddc5fcae3a81a0_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#70;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#116;&#104;&#114;&#117;&#115;&#116;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"103\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/>, where all quantities are positive. Applying Newton\u2019s second law to the rocket gives <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-09028aceaefec7e5b45d615fb26086df_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#123;&#70;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#116;&#104;&#114;&#117;&#115;&#116;&#125;&#125;&#45;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#103;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#97;&#125;&#8658;&#97;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#118;&#125;&#95;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#101;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#109;&#125;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&Delta;&#125;&#116;&#125;&#45;&#103;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"238\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\" \/>, where <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6b41df788161942c6f98604d37de8098_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#109;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"8\" width=\"15\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> is the mass of the rocket and unburnt fuel.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2000707\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1956195\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092809765\"><strong>Professional  Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2559261\">(a) Calculate the maximum rate at which a rocket can expel gases if its acceleration cannot exceed seven times that of gravity. The mass of the rocket just as it runs out of fuel is 75,000-kg, and its exhaust velocity is <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-4c4fb160635fd6f7bf785a9165fd3985_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#52;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>. Assume that the acceleration of gravity is the same as on Earth\u2019s surface <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-90611ac9cf0dd19b634a48031877b3e1_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#108;&#101;&#102;&#116;&#40;&#57;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#56;&#48;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#92;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#41;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"33\" width=\"90\" style=\"vertical-align: -12px;\" \/>. (b) Why might it be necessary to limit the acceleration of a rocket?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2725128\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1418678\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2581167\">Given the following data for a fire extinguisher-toy wagon rocket experiment, calculate the average exhaust velocity of the gases expelled from the extinguisher. Starting from rest, the final velocity is 10.0 m\/s. The total mass is initially 75.0 kg and is 70.0 kg after the extinguisher is fired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2339225\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1546079\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2921607\">How much of a single-stage rocket that is 100,000 kg can be anything but fuel if the rocket is to have a final speed of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-9af8899e462731f37acb3bcecc8a4984_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#56;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#48;&#48;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#107;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"76\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>, given that it expels gases at an exhaust velocity of<br \/>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-ac682c7ad1db7ac1812fdf405c5059e0_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#50;&#48;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#63;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"100\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1622341\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1552337\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-44b0734d880c4eb5a1f76d9b74f1214d_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#54;&#51;&#125;&times;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#51;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#107;&#103;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"79\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id3112790\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2735926\">\n<p id=\"eip-id2469603\"><strong>Professional  Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3158588\">(a) A 5.00-kg squid initially at rest ejects 0.250-kg of fluid with a velocity of 10.0 m\/s. What is the recoil velocity of the squid if the ejection is done in 0.100 s and there is a 5.00-N frictional force opposing the squid\u2019s movement. (b) How much energy is lost to work done against friction?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"solution\" class=\"solution\" id=\"fs-id1949244\">\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3366533\">(a) 0.421 m\/s away from the ejected fluid.<\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2575874\">(b)<br \/>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-ea143fb6c21944aaedb1c3d4b0fae8c5_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#48;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#50;&#51;&#55;&#125;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#74;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"13\" width=\"54\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2751219\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id1666284\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092806556\"><strong>Unreasonable Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id1048939\">Squids have been reported to jump from the ocean and travel <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-d2319983aac11e995616e2abb4a8aec4_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#51;&#48;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#48;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"51\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/> (measured horizontally) before re-entering the water. (a) Calculate the initial speed of the squid if it leaves the water at an angle of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-a966c0085719b08e1d1ef175a4b51ca3_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#50;&#48;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#48;&ordm;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"32\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\" \/>, assuming negligible lift from the air and negligible air resistance. (b) The squid propels itself by squirting water. What fraction of its mass would it have to eject in order to achieve the speed found in the previous part? The water is ejected at <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcbatessandbox\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-040ccf7e69c046cf50f1ca1baeea2cf4_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#49;&#50;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#46;&#125;&#48;&#92;&#112;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#111;&#109;&#123;&#92;&#114;&#117;&#108;&#101;&#123;&#48;&#46;&#50;&#53;&#101;&#109;&#125;&#123;&#48;&#101;&#120;&#125;&#125;&#92;&#116;&#101;&#120;&#116;&#123;&#109;&#47;&#115;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"18\" width=\"66\" style=\"vertical-align: -4px;\" \/>; gravitational force and friction are neglected. (c) What is unreasonable about the results? (d) Which premise is unreasonable, or which premises are inconsistent?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2984662\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2984663\">\n<p id=\"eip-id1171092811613\"><strong>Construct Your Own Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id2508412\">Consider an astronaut in deep space cut free from her space ship and needing to get back to it. The astronaut has a few packages that she can throw away to move herself toward the ship. Construct a problem in which you calculate the time it takes her to get back by throwing all the packages at one time compared to throwing them one at a time. Among the things to be considered are the masses involved, the force she can exert on the packages through some distance, and the distance to the ship. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"exercise\" class=\"exercise\" id=\"fs-id2601120\" data-element-type=\"problems-exercises\">\n<div data-type=\"problem\" class=\"problem\" id=\"fs-id2735712\">\n<p id=\"eip-id8917176\"><strong>Construct Your Own Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3255985\">Consider an artillery projectile striking armor plating. Construct a problem in which you find the force exerted by the projectile on the plate. Among the things to be considered are the mass and speed of the projectile and the distance over which its speed is reduced. 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