Astronaut Jennifer's lifeline to her spaceship comes loose and she finds herself stranded, "floating" 100. m from the mothership. She throws her 2.00 kg wrench at 20.0 m/s in a direction away from the ship

If she and her spacesuit have a combined mass of 200. kg how long does it take her to coast back to her spaceship? A) 1000. s
B) 750. s
C) 250. s
D) 2.50 minutes
E) 500. s


E

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To minimize the possibility of high temperature plastic strain the selected material should not be subject to more than 1/3 of its melting temperature. Of the materials covered in this chapter what would be the best material to select? Because this is a supersonic jet aircraft high priced materials can be utilized.

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At a carnival game, two balls, identical in mass and radius, are made of steel and of rubber. They are offered as a means of knocking over a bowling pin by throwing them at the pin. If they are thrown with the same speed and hit the same spot on the bowling pin, which is more likely to knock the pin over?

A. The steel ball B. Without knowing more information this cannot be answered. C. The clay ball D. Both are equally likely since they have the same momentum

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