A rocket weighs 2600 lb, including 2200 lb of fuel, which is consumed at the rate of
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A rocket weighs 2600 lb, including 2200 lb of fuel, which is consumed at the rate of 25 lb/s and ejected with a relative velocity of 13000 ft/s. Knowing that the rocket is fired vertically from the ground, determine (a) its acceleration as it is fired, (b) its acceleration as the last particle of fuel is being consumed, (c) the altitude at which all the fuel has been consumed, (d) the velocity of the rocket at that time.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics
ISBN: 978-0073398242
11th edition
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self
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