Question

. EXAMPLE 1 A Spaceship
An astronaut accidentally gets separated out of his small
spaceship accelerating in interstellar space at a constant
rate of 100 m/s2. What is the acceleration of the astronaut
the instant after he is outside the spaceship? (Assume that
there are no nearby stars to exert gravitational force on
him).
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Answer 1

ans should be 0

i.e... f=0

since,a=f/m

hence a= 0

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by the first law of motion, the acceleration must be zero.

Given there are no near by starts to exert gravitational pull, and the small spaceship exerts negligible gravitational attraction on him, the net force acting on the astronaut, once he is out of the spaceship, is zero.

Answer 2

Answer:50 m/s2

Explanation:there is no external force acting on the object in space