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[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 12-09-11] [Hit: ]
At 10.0s after blastoff, the engines suddenly fail, which means that the force they produce instantly stops.How long after it was launched will the rocket fall back to the launch pad?I found that the maximum height is 172m,......
A rocket blasts off vertically from rest on the launch pad with an upward acceleration of 2.70 m/s^2 . At 10.0s after blastoff, the engines suddenly fail, which means that the force they produce instantly stops.

How long after it was launched will the rocket fall back to the launch pad?

I found that the maximum height is 172m, but I don't know where to go from there...

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The upward velocity of the rocket after 10 s = 2.70 * 10 = 27 m/s
Distance traveled in 10 s = (1/2) * 2.7 * 10^2 = 135 m

Let t = time for the rocket to reach the fround from this height of 135 m
Using s = ut + (1/2) gt^2
with s = - 135, u = 27, g = - 9.81
=> - 135 = 27t - 4.95 t^2
=> 4.95 t^2 - 27t - 135 = 0
=> t = (1/9.81) [27 + √((27)^2 + 2673)]
=> t = 8.7 s
=> time to fall back after launching
= 10 + 8.7 s
= 18.7 s.

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motion to failure: assume acceleration is constant (A = 2.70 m/s/s)

v(t) = A t + 0
x(t) = (1/2) A t^2 + 0

at t=T=10s, motor fails

v(T) = A T
X(T) = (1/2) A T^2

these become the initial conditions for the second part of the problem

in the second part of the problem

a(t) = -g

v(t) = -g t + v(T) = -g t + A T
x(t) = -(1/2) g t^2 + AT t + X(T)

maximum height at time t=Q, when v(t=Q) = 0
v(t=Q) = 0 = -g Q + AT ; solve for Q

time rocket his the ground t=10+R. but because of the way your broke up time, this corresponds to
x(t=R) = 0 = -(1/2) g R^2 + AT R + X(T)
solve for R
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