Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 2:28pm.

An astronaunt with total mass of 200 kg is working on a satellite when he accidentally pushes away from satellite . While he is holding on tona wrench .
What can he do to change his direction?

physics - Elena, Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 3:14pm
to throw the wrench in the direction opposite to the satellite and move to the satellite according to the law of conservation of linear momentum

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