Answer to Question #55775 in Classical Mechanics for Preet

Question

A satellite in force free space sweeps stationary interplanetary dust at a rate of dM/dt = kV where M is mass and V is the speed of satellite and k is a constant.Tangential acceleration of satellite is
Options are-

(1) -kV^2/2M
(2) -kV^2
(3) -2kV^2/M
(4) -kV^2/M