Suppose a rocket-propelled motorcycle is fired from rest horizontally across a canyon 1.00 km wide. (a) What minimum constant acceleration in the x-direction must be provided by the engines so the cycle crosses safely if the opposite side is 0.660 km lower than the starting point? _________ m/s2 (b) At what speed does the motorcycle land if it maintains this constant horizontal component of acceleration? Neglect air drag, but remember that gravity is still acting in the negative y-direction. _________ m/s

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Suppose a rocket-propelled motorcycle is fired from rest horizontally across a canyon 1.00 km wide.

(a) What minimum constant acceleration in the x-direction must be
provided by the engines so the cycle crosses safely if the opposite side is
0.660 km lower than the starting point?
_________ m/s2

(b) At what speed does the motorcycle land if it maintains this constant
horizontal component of acceleration? Neglect air drag, but remember that
gravity is still acting in the negative y-direction.
_________ m/s

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