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Given information

Given:    

Rocket's mass     
So the mass of two separated sections is  =  
Rocket's speed  =  
Relative speed of both separated sections=  

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Using the principle of law of conservation we can conclude that,

   

Where,

= rocket's speed, =Mass of cut parts after explosion, = initial mass of rocket, =velocities of separated sections.

 

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