A 900-kg rocket is released from a space station. As it burns fuel, the rockets mass decreases

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A 900-kg rocket is released from a space station. As it burns fuel, the rocket’s mass decreases and its velocity increases. Let v(m) be the velocity (in meters per second) as a function of mass m. Find the velocity when m = 729 kg if dv/dm = −50m−1/2. Assume that v(900) = 0 m/s.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781319055844

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Authors: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa

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