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A space probe far from the Earth is traveling at 14.8 km/s. It has mass 1312 kg. The probe fires its rockets to give a constant thrust of 156 kN for 220 seconds. It accelerates in the same direction as its initial velocity. In this time it burns 150 kg of fuel. Calculate final speed of the space probe in km/s.

A 0.025 kg golf ball moving at 18.0 m/s crashes through the window of a house in 5.0 × 10-4 s. After the crash, the ball continues in the same direction with a speed of 10.0 m/s. Assuming the force exerted on the ball by the window was constant, what was the magnitude of this force? What impulse was delivered to the ball?