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5.5 Exercise 5

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(a) What net external force is exerted on a 1100.0-kg artillery shell fired from a battleship if the shell is accelerated at 2.40×104m/s2?2.40 \times 10^{4} \text{m}/\text{s}^{2} ? (b) What is the magnitude of the force exerted on the ship by the artillery shell, and why?

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