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An astronaut of 100 kg at 100 meters from his spaceship finds himself hopelessly drifting away at a speed of 36.63 m/s, he decides to throw a heavy wrench (10 kg) to rescue himself. With what speed (relative to himself) does he need to throw the wrench in order to slow down by 2.90 meter per second of the initial drifting speed (albeit still drifting away)? Note: world record of baseball pitch is a little over fifty meter per second.

An astronaut of 100 kg at 100 meters from his spaceship finds himself hopelessly drifting away at a speed of 36.63 m/s, he decides to throw a heavy wrench (10 kg) to rescue himself. With what speed (relative to himself) does he need to throw the wrench in order to slow down by 2.90 meter per second of the initial drifting speed (albeit still drifting away)? Note: world record of baseball pitch is a little over fifty meter per second.

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An astronaut of 100 kg at 100 meters from his spaceship finds himself hopelessly drifting away at a speed of 36.63 m/s, he decides to throw a heavy wrench (10 kg) to rescue himself. With what speed (relative to himself) does he need to throw the wrench in order to slow down by 2.90 meter per second of the initial drifting speed (albeit still drifting away)? Note: world record of baseball pitch is a little over fifty meter per second.
Transcribed Image Text:An astronaut of 100 kg at 100 meters from his spaceship finds himself hopelessly drifting away at a speed of 36.63 m/s, he decides to throw a heavy wrench (10 kg) to rescue himself. With what speed (relative to himself) does he need to throw the wrench in order to slow down by 2.90 meter per second of the initial drifting speed (albeit still drifting away)? Note: world record of baseball pitch is a little over fifty meter per second.
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