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Given information
Astronaut's mass 
Capsule's mass, 
Push lasts for period of, 
Pushing speed of astronaut 
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Formula:
Average force can be calculated as the ratio of change in momentum and the total contact time,
i.e., 
Where,
= force
= mass
= acceleration
initial velocity
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
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- Problem 14a
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- Problem 15
- Problem 16a
- Problem 16b
- Problem 17a
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- Problem 18
- Problem 19a
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- Problem 19c
- Problem 20
- Problem 21a
- Problem 21b
- Problem 21c
- Problem 21d
- Problem 22
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- Problem 25
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- Problem 28
- Problem 29a
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- Problem 30
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- Problem 41a
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- Problem 42
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