A 36,000-kg spaceship is to travel to the vicinity of a

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Problem 72GP

A 36,000-kg spaceship is to travel to the vicinity of a star 6.6 light-years from Earth. Passengers on the ship want the (one-way) trip to take no more than 1.0 year. How much work must be done on the spaceship to bring it to the speed necessary for this trip?

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