A rocket following a parabolic path through the air, suddenly explodes into many pieces.?

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A rocket following a parabolic path through the air, suddenly explodes into many pieces.?

What can you say about the motion of this system of pieces?

PHYSICS conceptual question, please help, thank you!

2007-11-21 17:34:01 · 2 answers · asked by Callie 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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The center of mass of the many pieces will continue to follow the rocket's parabolic trajectory since momentum will be conserved to be zero in the explosion described

2007-11-21 18:00:51 · answer #1 · answered by LucaPacioli1492 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

all the pieces lie on a definite circle at any instant.
prove this result yourself.

2007-11-22 01:38:39 · answer #2 · answered by soumyo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋