A rocket is launched vertically upwards with an acceleration of 20.0 m/s². After 1 minute, the rocket's engine fails. Calculate: (a) The maximum height reached by the rocket. (b) The total time of flight before it falls back to the ground. (Ignore air resistance and assume g = 10 m/s²)
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- (a) 108,000 m; (b) 327 s
- (a) 36,000 m; (b) 180 s
- (a) 72,000 m; (b) 267 s
- (a) 108,000 m; (b) 180 s
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