Question: Problem 7 : ( 1 0 points ) The starship Voyager has accidentally stumbled into the sticky ( and deadly ) Toffee Nebula. Objects moving

Problem 7: (10 points) The starship Voyager has accidentally stumbled into the sticky (and deadly) Toffee Nebula. Objects moving through the Toffee Nebula decelerate at a rate proportional to the square of their velocity multiplied by the time they have spent in the nebula:
\[
\frac{d v}{d t}=-k t v^{2}
\]
for some positive constant \( k \). Suppose that Voyager's initial velocity is 50 gigameters per second and that \( k=9\).
a.(4 points) Solve the initial value problem for \( v(t)\), Voyager's velocity function.
b.(4 points) Find \( d(t)\), the total distance Voyager has traveled through the nebula at time \( t \). You may assume that \( d(0)=0\). You may need to use an integration table for this problem. You may also assume that Voyager's velocity is always positive, so distance traveled is the integral of velocity.
c.(2 points) If the nebula is 5 gigameters wide, will Voyager escape the nebula? Hint: Take the limit \(\lim _{t \rightarrow \infty} d(t)\) and determine if that limit is \(>5\) or not.
Problem 7 : ( 1 0 points ) The starship Voyager

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