Asked by catie

A rocket is launched vertically such that its acceleration upward is 4.7g. If it can maintain that acceleration, how much time (in minutes) would it take to reach the orbit of the International Space Station 310km above Earth’s surface?

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Answered by scott
distance = 1/2 * acceleration * time^2

working in meters ... answer in seconds
... 3.1E5 = 1/2 * 4.7 * 9.8 * t^2

find t ... divide by 60 to get minutes
Answered by catie
So final answer is 0.07 minutes?
Answered by scott
nooo ... more like two

3.1E5 is 310,000
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