For this question, an 85,000kg missile on the moon fires its engines while tilted at 34 degrees from the vertical. The engine exerts a force of 1.25MN (mega-Newtons, 10^6) on the missile. a. Calculate the vector for the net force acting on the missile. Use the axes given in the image.   b. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration felt by the missile.   answer to b. is supposed to be 13.3m/s^2

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For this question, an 85,000kg missile on the moon fires its engines while tilted at 34 degrees from the vertical. The engine exerts a force of 1.25MN (mega-Newtons, 10^6) on the missile.

a. Calculate the vector for the net force acting on the missile. Use the axes given in the image.

 

b. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration felt by the missile.

 

answer to b. is supposed to be 13.3m/s^2 

1.25MN
34°
+y
+X
Transcribed Image Text:1.25MN 34° +y +X
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