A 851 kg astronaut is working on the engines of a spaceship


A 85.1 kg astronaut is working on the engines of a spaceship that is drifting through space with a constant velocity. The astronaut turns away to look at Earth and several seconds later is 35.4 m behind the ship, at rest relative to the spaceship. The only way to return to the ship without a thruster is to throw a wrench directly away from the ship. The wrench has a mass of 0.446 kg, and the astronaut throws the wrench with a speed of 16.5 m/s.

How long does it take the astronaut to reach the ship?

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