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Acceleration is sometimes measured in gees, or multiples of the acceleration due to gravity: 1 gee (1 g) means 1 x g. or 9.8 m/s^2; 2 gees (2g) means x g or 2 x 9.8 m/s^2 = 19.6 m/s^2; and so on. Suppose you experience 4 gees of acceleration in a rocket traveling in space. a. What is your acceleration in m/s^2? b. You will feel a compression force from the acceleration. Numerically, how does this force compare to your normal weight? c. The rocket engine is turned off. How many gees do you experience after this happens?

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Answer:

Explanation:

a ) 4 gees = 4 x 9.8 m/s²

= 39.2 m/s²

b ) The reaction force from the wall of the rocket will act on the astronaut as compressing force and it will be equal to

mass x acceleration

= m x 39.2 N

Where m is the mass of the astronaut . ( he is in gravity free space )

It is equal to four times the weight of the man .

c ) When rocket engine is turned off , there will be no acceleration in the spaceship and both spaceship and astronaut will move with the same velocity . Hence there will be no reaction force from the wall.