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A 1246 kg weather rocket accelerates upward at 11.7 m/s2. It explodes 1.6 s after liftoff...

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A 1246 kg weather rocket accelerates upward at 11.7m/s2. It explodes 1.6 s after liftoff and breaks intotwo fragments, one twice as massive as the other. Photos revealthat the lighter fragment traveled straight up and reached amaximum height of 571 m. What were the speed of the heavierfragment just after the explosion?

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M 1246Let the two fragments be m1 m2Given m1 2 m2m1 m2 1246 kg2 m2 m2 1246m2 12463 41533 kgm1 8307 kgThe speed of the    See Answer
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