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A 150.0kg rocket moving radially outward from Earth has a speed of3.70km/s when its engine shuts off 200kmabove Earth’s surface. (a) Assuming negligible air drag acts on the rocket, find the rocket’s kinetic energy when the rocket is above Earth’s surface. (b) What maximum height above the surface is reached by the rocket?

Short Answer

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  1. The kinetic energy of the rocket at height 1000 m above earth surface isK=3.82×107J.
  2. Maximum height of the rocket hm=1.03×106m .

Step by step solution

01

Listing the given quantities

The mass of the rocket m=150.0kg.

The velocity of the rocket when engine shuts off,
v=3.70kms=3.70×103ms

The height of the rocket when engine shuts off

h0=200km=2.0×105m

The radius of earth R0=6.37×106m.

02

Understanding the concept of conservation of energy

We can use the concept of conservation of energy to find the kinetic energy and maximum height of the rocket.

Formulae:

Ki+Ui=Kf+UfU=GMmRK=12mv2

03

(a)Calculations of kinetic energy of the rocket at height 1000m above earth surface

We have the height of the rocket when its engine shuts off, which isR0=RE+h0.

And maximum height of the rocket isR=RE+h.

So, the equation for conservation can be written as

Ki+Ui=Kf+Uf12mv2−GMmR0=K−GMmR

Substituting the known values, we get

12(150)(3.7×103)2−6.67×10−11(150)(5.98×1024)6.57×106m=K−6.67×10−11(150)(5.98×1024)7.37×106mK=3.82×107J

The kinetic energy of the rocket at height 1000 m above earth surface isK=3.82×107J

04

(b)Calculations of maximum height of the rocket

Again, using energy conservation for the maximum height, we get

12mv2−GMmR0=0−GMmRf

Solving this equation for Rf,we get

Rf=7.40×106m

Now, we know that

hm=Rf−REhm=1.03×106m

Maximum height of the rocket, hm=1.03×106m.

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