SOLUTION: Darren is floating in space. His mass with his life support system is 240 kg. He wants to return to his ship so he throws with a force of 10 N his tool kit that has a mass of 2 k

Question 157738: Darren is floating in space. His mass with his life support system is 240 kg. He wants to return to his ship so he throws with a force of 10 N his tool kit that has a mass of 2 kg. What is the acceleration of the tool kit while Darren is throwing it? What is the force on Darren and what is his acceleration while throwing the tool kit?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a)F=ma
a=F/m
a=10N/2kg
a=5 m/s^2
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b)There is an equal and opposite force that acts on Darren.
F=10 N, opposite of the tool kit direction
a=10N/240kg
a=(1/24)m/s^2
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It's much slower but he'll get there eventually.
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