The speed by which the spaceprobe travels when all the rocket fuel is used up will be 29.262 m/sec.
What is the law of conservation of linear momentum?
According to the law of conservation of linear momentum before the collision is equal to the momentum after the collision. These laws state how momentum gets conserved.
Unit conversion;
1 km/sec = 1000 m/sec
Given data;
Spaceprobe speed = 1.795 km/s = 1795 m /sec
Probe mass = 635.0 kg
Fuel mass = 4092.0 kg
Expelled propellent velocity = 4.161 km/s = 41461 m/sec
From the momentum conservation principle;
[tex]\rm P_i = P_f \\\\ (m_p+m_f)v_i = m_pV - m_fv_p \\\\ V = \frac{(635+4092)1795+4092 \times 41461}{635} \\\\ V = 280540.7 \ m/sec \\\\ V = 28.05 m/sec[/tex]
Hence, the speed by which the spaceprobe travels when all the rocket fuel is used up will be 29.262 m/sec.
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