a catapult launches a test rocket upward from well giving it a speed of 50 m/s at ground level. the engines then fire so that the rocket accelerated at 5 m/s^2 until it reaches an altitude of 750 m at which point it gos into free fall. what is the maximum altitde of the rocket?

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a catapult launches a test rocket upward from well giving it a speed of 50 m/s at ground level. the engines then fire so that the rocket accelerated at 5 m/s^2 until it reaches an altitude of 750 m at which point it gos into free fall. what is the maximum altitde of the rocket?

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