Question: You have decided to make a CO 2 ( molar mass = 4 4 g / mole ) propelled leisure rocket. The CO 2 tank

You have decided to make a CO2(molar mass =44 g/mole) propelled leisure rocket. The CO2 tank contains mostly liquid CO2 at 80 ATM. The CO2, tank and frictionless cart have a mass of 50 kg. Your mass is 70 kg. To make your rocket go you open a valve (cross section A =5 cm2) that lets CO2 gas escape at a temperature of 0C, atmospheric pressure and a velocity of 300 m/s. Because the CO2 in the tank is stored as liquid and the escaping fluid is a gas, you can assume steady flow until the liquid is gone. A) When you first open the rocket valve, what will be your acceleration in the horizontal direction? B) Between when you open the valve and until just before the liquid is gone, do you expect the acceleration to increase, decrease or stay the same (explain your answer in 20 words or less).

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