A sun yacht is a spacecraft with a large sail

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A "sun yacht" is a spacecraft with a large sail that is pushed by sunlight. Although such a push is tiny in everyday circumstances,it can be large enough to send the spacecraft outward from the Sunon a cost-free but slow trip. Suppose that the spacecraft has amass of 800 kg and receives a push of13 N.

a) What is the magnitude of the resulting acceleration?
b) If the craft starts from rest, how far will it travel in 1day?
c) How fast will it then be moving?

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