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College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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You saw in the class reading this week that photons have momentum, and that the light from the Sun can strike a reflective sail to accelerate spacecraft. At Earth orbit we saw that the light striking a 100 m² sail would carry 1.8 kg-m/s of momentum every hour at Earth's distance from the Sun. . Assuming that sail is attached to a 10 kg satellite, after 120 days, what would be the most that the speed of the satellite could have changed?

		About 1 km/s
		About 500 m/s
		1 m/s
		Not at all

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Given:-

mass od Satelite =10 kg

T=120 day

A=100 m²

momentum = 1.8 kg m/s

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