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Homework Statement
To solve this problem you will need to construct a differential equation. A picture of the situation will help. Ignore all gravitational forces. A Rocket ship of structural mass M and fuel mass m, begins at rest relative to a gas cloud. The ship burns fuel at the rate ω which is exhausted with speed v relative to the ship. The ship obtains pure fuel from the gas cloud at the rate 2ω.
Find the velocity of the ship as a function of time.
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The Attempt at a Solution
All I can think of is using momentum... P initial = 0, but I do not now how to construct the equation for P final.