A smooth card is placed over a drinking glass. A penny is placed in the middle of a card. When the card is hit with the index finger, the card moves away, and the penny drops into the glass. Which statement BEST explains why the penny does not move in the same direction as the card?

An astronaut floating in space is trying to use her jetpack to get back to her space station, but she is being pulled away by a nearby planet, as shown in the image below. her jetpack provides a constant thrust of 310 n. if she angles her jetpack in such a way that it cancels out the vertical force due to the planet's gravity, what is her net horizontal force? thaud 487 o a. 54.8 n toward the space station o b. 212.9 n toward the space station o c. 185.2 n toward the space station o d 956 n toward the space station