How long the engines should be fired

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Q. As a space craft approaches a planet, the rocket engines on it are fired to slow it down so it will go into orbit around the planet. The spacecraft's mass is 291 kg and the thrust (force) of the rocket engines is 59 N. If the speed of the spacecraft should be decreased by 128 m/s, how long the engines should be fired. (Ignore the change in mass as a result of the rocket engines firing).

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