A spaceship's orbital maneuver requires a speed increase of 1.30 x 10° m/s. If its engine has an exhaust speed of 2.15 x 10° m/s, determine the required ratio 2 of its initial mass to its final mass. (The difference M, - M equals the mass of the ejected fuel.)
A spaceship's orbital maneuver requires a speed increase of 1.30 x 10° m/s. If its engine has an exhaust speed of 2.15 x 10° m/s, determine the required ratio 2 of its initial mass to its final mass. (The difference M, - M equals the mass of the ejected fuel.)
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Transcribed Image Text:A spaceship's orbital maneuver requires a speed increase of 1.30 x 10° m/s. If its engine has an exhaust speed of 2.15 x 103 m/s,
determine the required ratio
M;
of its initial mass to its final mass. (The difference M, - Me equals the mass of the ejected fuel.)
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