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A rocket in space where gravity is negligible has a mass (including fuel) of 5000 kg . It is desired to give the rocket an average acceleration of 15.0  m s2 during the first second of firing the engine. The gases leave the rocket at the speed of 1500 m s-1 (relative to the rocket). Estimate how much fuel (in kg) must be burnt in that second?

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Four cars race along a given race track starting at the same time. The car that will reach the finishing line first is the one with the largest_____.
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A body that started from rest moves with constant acceleration in a straight line. After travelling a distance d the speed of the car is v. What is the distance travelled when the speed of the car was v2?

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A sphere falls through a liquid and eventually reaches terminal speed. Which graph shows the variation with time of the distance travelled by the sphere?
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A steel ball of mass m is thrown vertically downwards with initial speed u near the Earth's surface. The rate of change of momentum of the ball as it falls is:
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A lunar module is descending vertically above the lunar surface. The speed of the module is decreasing. Which is a free-body diagram of the force on the landing module?
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A person of mass m stands on weighing scales in an elevator. The elevator is accelerating upwards with acceleration a. The reaction force from the scales on the person is R. What is the reading on the scales?
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A body of mass 3M at rest explodes into two pieces of mass M and 2M. What is the ratio of the kinetic energy of M to that of 2M?
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The power delivered by a car engine is constant. A car starts from rest. Resistance forces are negligible. Which graph shows the variation with time of the speed of the car?