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A spacecraft on its way to Mars has small rocket engines mounted on its hull; one on its left surface and one on its back surface. At a certain time, both engines turn on. The one on the left gives the spacecraft an acceleration component in the x direction of ax = 5.10 m/s2, while the one on the back gives an acceleration component in the ydirection of ay = 7.30 m/s2. The engines turn off after firing for 675 s, at which point the spacecraft has velocity components of vx = 3630 m/s and vy = 4276 m/s.What was the magnitude and direction of the spacecraft's initial velocity, before the engines were turned on?Express the direction as an angle measured counterclockwise from the x -axis.

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Answer:

v₀ = 677.94 m / s ,   θ = 286º

Explanation:

We can solve this exercise using the kinematic expressions, let's work on each axis separately.

X axis

has a relation of aₓ = 5.10 m / s², the motor is on for a time of t = 675 s, reaching the speed vₓ = 3630 m / s, let's use the relation

         vₓ = v₀ₓ + aₓ t

         v₀ₓ = vₓ - aₓ t

let's calculate

         v₀ₓ = 3630 - 5.10 675

         v₀ₓ = 187.5 m / s

Y Axis

        [tex]v_{y}[/tex] = v_{oy} - a_{y} t

         v_{oy} = v_{y} - a_{y} t

   

let's calculate

        v_{oy}  = 4276 - 7.30 675

         v_{oy} = -651.5 m / s

we can give the speed starts in two ways

a)   v₀ = (187.5 i ^ - 651.5 j ^) m / s

b) in the form of module and angle

Let's use the Pythagorean theorem

            v₀ = [tex]\sqrt{v_{ox}^{2} + v_{oy}^{2} }[/tex]

            v₀ = [tex]\sqrt{187.5^{2} +651.5^{2} }[/tex]

            v₀ = 677.94 m / s

we use trigonometry

            tan θ = [tex]\frac{v_{oy} }{v_{ox} }[/tex]

            θ = tan⁻¹ \frac{v_{oy} }{v_{ox} }

            θ = tan⁻¹ ([tex]\frac{-651.5}{187.5}[/tex])

            θ = -73.94º

This angle measured from the positive side of the x-axis is

            θ‘ = 360 - 73.94

            θ = 286º

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