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The Xanthar mothership locks onto an enemy cruiser with its tractor beam (see the figure below); each ship is at rest in deep space with no propulsion following a devastating battle. The mothership is at x = 0 when its tractor beams are first engaged, a distance d = 235 xiles from the cruiser. Determine the x-position in xiles (measured from x = 0) of the two spacecraft when the tractor beam has pulled them together. Model each spacecraft as a point particle with the mothership of mass M = 160 xons and the cruiser of mass m = 16.0 xons. HINT M

The Xanthar mothership locks onto an enemy cruiser with its tractor beam (see the figure below); each ship is at rest in deep space with no propulsion following a devastating battle. The mothership is at x = 0 when its tractor beams are first engaged, a distance d = 235 xiles from the cruiser. Determine the x-position in xiles (measured from x = 0) of the two spacecraft when the tractor beam has pulled them together. Model each spacecraft as a point particle with the mothership of mass M = 160 xons and the cruiser of mass m = 16.0 xons. HINT M

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The Xanthar mothership locks onto an enemy cruiser with its tractor beam (see the figure below); each ship is at rest in deep space with no propulsion following a devastating battle. The mothership is at x = 0 when its tractor beams are first engaged, a distance d = 235 xiles from the cruiser. Determine the x-position in xiles (measured from x = 0) of the two spacecraft when the tractor beam has pulled them together. Model each spacecraft as a point particle with the mothership of mass M = 160 xons and the cruiser of mass m = 16.0 xons. HINT M m x= 0 xiles
Transcribed Image Text:The Xanthar mothership locks onto an enemy cruiser with its tractor beam (see the figure below); each ship is at rest in deep space with no propulsion following a devastating battle. The mothership is at x = 0 when its tractor beams are first engaged, a distance d = 235 xiles from the cruiser. Determine the x-position in xiles (measured from x = 0) of the two spacecraft when the tractor beam has pulled them together. Model each spacecraft as a point particle with the mothership of mass M = 160 xons and the cruiser of mass m = 16.0 xons. HINT M m x= 0 xiles
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