17. In a dream, you are piloting a rocket ship that is about to leave a station in deep space. The ship burns one percent of its initial mass each second, and the exhaust leaves the rocket engine with constant speed u. Starting from rest, how long will it take for the ship to be moving at speed u relative to the station? (Assume the station remains at a fixed position in space.)

Aforce of 200 n is applied to an input piston of cross-sectional area 2 sq. cm pushing it downward 2.8 cm. how far does the output piston of cross-sectional area 12 sq. cm move upward? show all work.

When an object is heated it contracts. a. true b. false

Arunner is jogging at a steady 3.6 km/hr. when the runner is 2.9 km from the finish line, a bird begins flying from the runner to the finish line at 14.4 km/hr (4 times as fast as the runner). when the bird reaches the finish line, it turns around and flies back to the runner. even though the bird is a dodo, we will assume that it occupies only one point in space, i.e., a zero-length bird. how far does the bird travel? (b) after this first encounter, the bird then turns around and flies from the runner back to the finish line, turns around again and flies back to the runner. the bird repeats the back and forth trips until the runner reaches the finish line. how far does the bird travel from the beginning? (i.e. include the distance traveled to the first encounter)