A supertanker ship with a mass of 5.90 x 10⁸ kg starts from rest in port and moves out to the open ocean with a constant acceleration under the action of the ship's engines that can deliver 3.40 x 10⁷ J every second. How long will it take the ship to reach a speed of 8.5 m/s, if 42 % of the energy provided by the engines is used to overcome frictional forces?

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Therefore the time required is 25431 sec Given solution now 5... View the full answer