Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Linear Momentum and Collisions - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 293: 59

Answer

$29\frac{rocks}{min}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $thrust=(\frac{\Delta m}{\Delta v})(v)=f_k$ This can be rearranged as: $\frac{\Delta m}{\Delta t}=\frac{f_k}{v}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{\Delta m}{\Delta t}=\frac{3.4}{11}=0.31\frac{Kg}{s}$ Now we can find the number of rocks per minute as $\frac{\Delta m}{\Delta t}=(\frac{0.31Kg}{s})(\frac{1rock}{0.65Kg})(\frac{60s}{min})=29\frac{rocks}{min}$
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