Suppose enriched uranium containing 3.70% of the fissionable isotope 23592U is used as fuel for a ship. The water exerts an average friction force of magnitude 2.50  105 N on the ship. How far can the ship travel per kilogram of fuel? Assume that the energy released per fission event is 208 MeV and the ship's engine has an efficiency of 20.0%.    please  answer should be in km

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Suppose enriched uranium containing 3.70% of the fissionable isotope 23592U is used as fuel for a ship. The water exerts an average friction force of magnitude 2.50  105 N on the ship. How far can the ship travel per kilogram of fuel? Assume that the energy released per fission event is 208 MeV and the ship's engine has an efficiency of 20.0%.

 

 please  answer should be in km

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