For a spacecraft going from the earth toward the sun, at what ...

[FButt]

For a spacecraft going from the earth toward the sun, at what point will the gravitational forces due to the sun and the Earth cancel? Earth's mass: me = 5.98  1024 kg sun's mass: ms = 1.99  1030 kg Earth-sun distance: r = 1.50  1011 m
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A 100 kg football linebacker moving at 2 m/s tackles head-on an 80 kg halfback running 3 m/s. Neglecting the effects due to digging in of cleats
 
  A) this is a simple example of an elastic collision.
  B) the linebacker will drive the halfback backward.
  C) neither player will drive the other backward.
  D) the halfback will drive the linebacker backward.

[tjayeee]

Answer to Question 1

2.60  108 m from Earth

Answer to Question 2

D

[FButt]

TYSM

[ebonylittles]

Excellent