Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ia Paper 4 11C c ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
At time , the remaining water has angular momentumDuring , the ejected mass is , and its signed tangential speed in the inertial frame is . Conservation of angular momentum gives, to first order,After simplification, the angular rocket equation isHere is signed relative to the direction of rotation; reversing the spray changes its sign.