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OpenStudy (christos):

Rocket Science, Who can solve this problem ? https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4j8wy3nwea87fg/Screenshot%202015-12-23%2015.33.13.png?dl=0

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

\[p = mv\]\[F = \dot p=\dot mv+m\dot v\]

OpenStudy (irishboy123):

and F = 0 if you look purely at the rocket/fuel system

OpenStudy (irishboy123):

personally, i'd do it like this, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiolkovsky_rocket_equation though i'd be careful as i think \(v_e\) can be absolute or relative, the latter being the case in your question......

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