A 77.0 kg astronaut pushes to the left on a spacecraft with…
A 77.0 kg astronaut pushes to the left on a spacecraft with a force in “gravity-free” space. The spacecraft has a total mass of 1.0 × 104 kg. During the push, the astronaut accelerates to the right with an acceleration of 0.8 m/s2. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration of the spacecraft.
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Mike is cutting the grass using a human-powered lawn mower. He pushes the mower with a force of 50 N directed at an angle of 40° below the horizontal direction. Calculate the work that Mike does on the mower each time he pushes it 9 m across the yard.
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