Preview - Ap Physics 1 Mechanics

Programming

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Attempt to dock the rocket to the green patch(Space Station). To do it safely, the spaceship must be stopped at the station. Once you have figured out a code, take a screenshot and upload it below.

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Explain the process you went through to find your solution to question 1. What did you do try first? What did you notice? What did you then have to change? etc. Try to explain all the steps you took and how you figured out what to do next. 

When the left engine is turned on, which direction is the rocket accelerated in? Why is this?

After an engine has been fired and no engines are on anymore, what does the rocket do motion-wise? Why is this? In your response make sure to note which of Newton's laws explains the motion. 

Sketch the graph of the force of the left engine vs. time from your solution to question 1.

Note: Draw your sketch in the sketchpad below

    
Sketch the graph of the force in the x direction (regardless of which engine caused it) vs. time from your solution to question 1.

Note: Draw your sketch in the sketchpad below

What is the sum of the area under the curve for your sketch in the previous section? Is the spaceship displaced as a result of these impulses?

What is the sum of the impulses from your solution to question 1? Will this be true for any solution? Explain.

Considering a real rocket: why does burning fuel and allowing the resulting hot gas to only shoot out in one direction propel the rocket? 

 

In our model, the mass of the rocket is constant, but a real rocket loses mass due to burning fuel and ejecting the resulting hot gas. How would this affect the motion and how could we make our model more realistic to take this into account?

Notes

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