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A defective satellite of mass 950 kg is being towed by a spaceship in empty space The two vessels are connected by a uniform 50 m rope whose mass per unit length is 1 kg m The spaceship is accelerating in a straight line with acceleration 5 m sec2 a What is the force exerted by the spaceship on the rope b Calculate the tension along the rope c Due to exhaustion the crew of the spaceship falls asleep and a short circuit in one of the booster control circuits results in the acceleration changing to a deceleration of 1 m sec Describe in detail the consequences of this mishap
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