A certain rocket maintains a horizontal attitude of its axis during the powered phase of its flight at high altitude. The thrust imparts a horizontal component of acceleration of 20 ft/sec2, and the downward acceleration component is the acceleration due to gravity at that altitude, which is g = 30 ft/sec. At the instant represented, the velocity of the mass center G of the rocket along 15o direction of its trajectory is 12,000 mi/hr. For this position, determine the radius of curvature and the rate at which v is increasing.

A certain rocket maintains a horizontal attitude of its axis during the powered phase of its flight at high altitude. The thrust imparts a horizontal component of acceleration of 20 ft/sec2, and the downward acceleration component is the acceleration due to gravity at that altitude, which is g = 30 ft/sec. At the instant represented, the velocity of the mass center G of the rocket along 15o direction of its trajectory is 12,000 mi/hr. For this position, determine the radius of curvature and the rate at which v is increasing.

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