Question: . Beth the astronaut needs to get back to the ISS before the ISS Christmas party starts. Beth has a mass of 7 0 kg

. Beth the astronaut needs to get back to the ISS before the ISS Christmas party starts. Beth has a mass of 70 kg and is floating in space in a 110 kg MMU (manned maneuvering unit). She experiences an acceleration of 0.029 m/s2 when she fires one of the MMUs thrusters. (a) If the speed of the escaping gas relative to Beth is 490 m/s how much gas is used by the thruster in 5.0 s?(b) What is the thrust of the thruster?

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