Q #3: You are on the International Space Station (in space) and working on the outside of the Space Station. Your rope holding you to the Space Station snaps and you start to float away. What will happen to you according to Newton's First Law? * A. You will continue to float away until you suddenly come to a stop.
B. You will continue to float away until you slow down eventually.
C. You will continue to float away at the same speed and in the same direction forever unless an unbalanced force acts on you.

Visualize the problem and identify special cases first examine the problem by drawing a picture and visualizing the motion. apply newton's 2nd law, ∑f⃗ =ma⃗ , to each body in your mind. don't worry about which quantities are given. think about the forces on each body: how are these consistent with the direction of the acceleration for that body? can you think of any special cases that you can solve quickly now and use to test your understanding later? one special case in this problem is if m2=0, in which case block 1 would simply fall freely under the acceleration of gravity: a⃗ 1=−gj^.