Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (4th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Exercises and Problems - Page 208: 50

Answer

$7.78\times10^{17}kg$

Work Step by Step

Please see the attached image first. Let's take, mass of the projectile = M Radius of the mars = $3.39\times10^{6}m$ Mass of the Mars = $0.642\times10^{24}kg$ In this case, there is no external torque. So its angular momentum is conserved. We can write, $I_{1}\omega_{1}=I_{2}\omega_{2}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $\frac{2}{5}\times0.624\times10^{24}kg\times(3.39\times10^{6}m)^{2}\times\frac{1}{1.03\times24\times3600\space s}=\frac{2}{5}\times0.624\times10^{24}kg\times(3.39\times10^{6}m)^{2}\times\frac{1}{1\times24\times3600\space s}-M\times3.39\times10^{6}m\times 2.44\times10^{6}m/s$ $8.27\times10^{12}=\frac{18.54\times10^{36}}{3600\times24}(1-\frac{1}{1.03})kg$ $8.27M=2.15\times10^{20}(0.03)$ $M=7.78\times10^{17}kg$
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