Asked by Tim

The space shuttle fleet was designed with two booster stages. If the first stage provides a thrust of 5.25 ​Mega-newtons and the space shuttle has a mass of 4,530,000 ​pound-mass, what is the acceleration of the spacecraft in miles per hour​ squared?

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Answered by bobpursley
1000 poundmass=453kg

F=ma
a=f/m=5.24E6/(4.53E6lb*453kg/1E3lb

a= 5.24/4.53*453 *1E(6-6+3) m/s
= 2.55m/s
= 2.33m/s* 2.23(mile/hr /m/s)
= 5.20mile/hr

check all this math.
Answered by Tim
Something seems to be missing since it isn't the answer :/

i think you did some rounding early because by the end of the equation you have to round the answer to three significant figures
Answered by bobpursley
check it, you might be right.
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