Two ships of equal mass are 101 m apart. What is the acceleration of either ship due to the gravitational attraction of the other? Treat the ships as particles and assume each has a mass of 39,000 metric tons. (Give the magnitude of your answer in m/s²)
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Since 1 metric ton = 1000 kg, the mass of each ship is $m = 39,000 \text{ metric tons} \times 1000 \frac{\text{kg}}{\text{metric ton}} = 39,000,000 \text{ kg}$. Show more…
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