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Two spaceships that have different masses but rocket engines of identical force are at rest in space. If they fire their rockets at the same time, which ship will speed up faster?
A)   The one with the lower mass
B)   The one with the higher mass
C)   They will increase speed at the same rate because they have identical rocket engines.
D)   They will not speed up at all, but move at a constant speed because they are in space and the rocket has nothing against which to push.

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