You're heading an international effort to save Earth from an asteroid heading toward us at 11km/s . Your team mounts a rocket on the asteroid and fires it for 10 min, after which the asteroid is moving at 21km/s at 32∘ to its original path.
In a news conference, what do you report for the acceleration imparted to the asteroid?
Express your answers using two significant figures separated by a comma. Assume that the positive x axis is in the direction of the initial motion of asteroid and y axis is perpendicular to it.
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