Calculate the acceleration of a bottle rocket that is traveling at a speed of 74 m/s, and then descends at a speed of 89 m/s. It takes the rocket 5 seconds to change its speed. a) 1 m/s/s

b) 2 m/s/s

c) 3 m/s/s

d) 4 m/s/s

Falling objects form an interesting class of motion problems. For example, we can estimate the depth of a vertical mine shaft by dropping a rock into it and listening for the rock to hit the bottom. By applying the kinematics developed so far to falling objects, we can examine some interesting situations and learn much about gravity in the process.

Explanation:

find the sum of the two horizontal vectors and the sum of the two vertical vectors

isoceles right angled triangle