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q6. a rocket has a mass of 5000 kg and is travelling at a speed of 600m/s calculate the rocket's kinetic energy in kilojoules . show

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Q6. A rocket has a mass of 5000 kg and is travelling at a speed of 600m/s Calculate the rocket's kinetic energy in kilojoules . Show your working. __ Kinetic energy=ldots ldots ldots ldots ldots ldots ..kk The diagram shows a high jumper.

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Answer

### The kinetic energy of the rocket is .

Explanation

## Step 1: Identify the formula for kinetic energy### The problem provides the formula for calculating the kinetic energy of an object: ## Step 2: Substitute the given values into the formula### The given mass of the rocket is and the speed is . We substitute these values into the formula.## Step 3: Calculate the kinetic energy### Calculate the kinetic energy using the formula: ## Step 4: Convert the kinetic energy to kilojoules### Since , we convert the kinetic energy from joules to kilojoules: