A Spaceship Leaves Earth and Maintains a Constant Force by Means

question 3

Multiple Choice

A spaceship leaves Earth and maintains a constant force by means of a nuclear engine. As the speed of the spaceship increases, an observer on Earth finds that relative to her the magnitude of the spaceship's acceleration is

• A) 0.
• B) decreasing.
• C) constant.
• D) increasing.
• E) proportional to the kinetic energy of the spaceship.

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