Question: A student builds a rocket-propelled cart for a science project. Its acceleration is not quite high enough to win a prize, so he uses a

A student builds a rocket-propelled cart for a science project. Its acceleration is not quite high enough to win a prize, so he uses a larger rocket engine that provides 33% more thrust, although doing so increases the mass of the cart by 12%. By what percentage does the cart’s acceleration increase?

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