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Find the ratio of the velocities of two vehicles, one powered by a liquid-chemical rocket...

Find the ratio of the velocities of two vehicles, one powered by a liquid-chemical rocket and the other by a solid-chemical one, when they are used for acceleration of a 10,000-kg payload in a zero-gravity field. Both vehicles have a total initial mass of 510,000 kg. The liquid-propellant rocket has 60% greater specific impulse and 30% greater mass of empty vehicle (without propellant and payload), and the solid-propellant rocket has a structural coefficient of ϵ = 0.080.

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