Question: A stand is to be built to hold a rocket ship stationary while a lateral or side thrust engine is being fired. Twenty lbds of fuel is consumed and ejected only out of the side engine at a velocity of 4,000 ft/s. The direction of flow is as shown in the following diagram. Find the x and y components of the restraining force required of the stand.
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