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An Take slow steps toward the shuttle. Take a tool tom her tool belt and throw away from the shuttle. O Take the portion of the safety tether still attached to her belt and theewr it foward the shutle Correct way frorn the shartle, she exerts a force n the dr ection away Fon the shuttle Then, by Newton s 3:e law, te ool wa ere an opposite force on her. Thus, as she throws the tool, a farce directed toward the shute will act on the astronaut. Neuton's 2nd law sipu/ates that the astronaut would acquire an acceleration toward the shutle Jobs Custo Give Chegi Part B Assuming that the astronaut can throw any tool with the same force, what tool should be thrown to get back so the shuttle as quickly as possibke? You should consider how much mass is left behind as the object is thrown as well as the mass of the objoct iself The tool with the smallest mass The tool with the largest mass Any tool, since the mass of the tool would make no difference. My Answers Give Up Ove tree Submit Part C

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The tool with largest mass, because of conservation of momentum. All astronaut uses tool heavier than usual due to emergency.

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