Question

A solar sail is a large sheet of light-reflecting plastic spread on an extremely low-mass framework and attached to a spacecraft. Sunlight exerts a force on the sail and moves the spacecraft. Suppose the spacecraft has a total mass of 100kg (including the sail) and sunlight exerts a total force of 2N on the sail. What will be the acceleration of the spacecraft? O A 50m/s2 O B 0.02m/s2 OC100m/s O D 2m/s. ○ E 0.2m/s' r7 Fullscreen

Answer 1

m = mass of the spacecraft = 100 kg

F = total force on the spacecraft = 2 N

a = acceleration of the spacecraft = ?

using newton's second law

F = ma

2 = 100 a

a = 2/100 = 0.02 m/s²

so correct choice is B

C, By the bullet