1. A spaceship at rest relative to a nearby star in interplanetary space has a total mass of 2.50 x 104 kg. Its engines fire at t = 0, steadily burning fuel at 76.7 kg/s with an exhaust speed of 4.25 x 10° m/s. Calculate the spaceship's (a) acceleration at t = 0, (b) mass at t = 125 s, (c) acceleration at t = 125 s, and (d) speed at t = 125 s, relative to the same nearby star.

1. A spaceship at rest relative to a nearby star in interplanetary space has a total mass of 2.50 x 104 kg. Its engines fire at t = 0, steadily burning fuel at 76.7 kg/s with an exhaust speed of 4.25 x 10° m/s. Calculate the spaceship's (a) acceleration at t = 0, (b) mass at t = 125 s, (c) acceleration at t = 125 s, and (d) speed at t = 125 s, relative to the same nearby star.

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1. A spaceship at rest relative to a nearby star in interplanetary space has a total mass of 2.50 x 104 kg. Its
engines fire at t = 0, steadily burning fuel at 76.7 kg/s with an exhaust speed of 4.25 x 10° m/s. Calculate
the spaceship's (a) acceleration at t = 0, (b) mass at t = 125 s, (c) acceleration at t = 125 s, and (d) speed at
t = 125 s, relative to the same nearby star.

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