A 130-kg astronaut (including space suit) acquires aspeed

Chapter 9, Problem 9.26

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A 130-kg astronaut (including space suit) acquires aspeed of 2.50 m/s by pushing off with his legs from a 1700-kgspace capsule, (a) What is the change in speed of the spacecapsule? (b) If the push lasts 0.500 s, what is the averageforce exerted by each on the other? As the reference frame,use the position of the capsule before the push, (c) What isthe kinetic energy of each after the push?

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