At a certain instant of time,the mass of a rocket going up vertically is $100 \, kg$. If it is ejecting $5 \, kg$ of gas per second at a speed of $400 \, m/s$,the acceleration of the rocket would be ........ $m/s^2$ (taking $g = 10 \, m/s^2$).

  • A
    $20$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $2$
  • D
    $1$

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