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Calculate the increase in velocity of a 4000-kg space probe that expels 3500 kg of its mass at an exhaust velocity of 2.00×103m/s2 . \text{00} \times \text{10}^{3} \text{m}/\text{s}. You may assume the gravitational force is negligible at the probe’s location.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 8.7 Introduction to Rocket Propulsion, exercise 6

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