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A 5000 kg rocket is set for vertical firing.The exhaust speed is 800 ms-1.To give an upward acceleration of 20 ms-2 , the amount of gas ejected per second to supply the needed thrust is (g =10ms-2 )

a
127.5kg s-1
b
137.5kg s-1
c
187.5kg s-1
d
185.5kg s-1

detailed solution

Correct option is C

F=dpdt,m(g+a)=dmdtv⇒dmdt=m(g+a)v

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