Tell your buddy to come and get you? Throw your toolbox as hard as you can in the opposite direction to the door? Reflect on how you deserve to die for your appalling reflexes?

throw your toolbox in the opposite direction. newtons third law, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. and there will be no external forces, so you should remain in motion, and that idea would follow his first law.

Burgoo,
That leaves two questions:
- At what speed should you throw away your toolbox?
- Will the twenty minutes of oxygen remaining suffice?

Assuming the spaceship isn't moving, assuming that just because youre in space gravity is not acting on you, assuming the speed you're moving away from the spaceship is what? 0?

Yeah, yore right about the concept, Burgoo, but as RvW pointed out, you didn`t solve the whole problem..

I also see that the last part wasn't really good explained, it`s supposed to be:
Whit How much Force do you have to throw the toolbox, to get back in 20 min.

Also, to clear any confusion:
-the spaceship is not moving
-"I"`m not moving
-Universal gravitation is neglected
(always assume that^^ unless otherwise is told)

Sorry for the double post.

gah i dont remeber those equations thats like elementary physics, gg

Okay, new problem since my old one was probably too complicated.

Prove that x!-1 is not always a prime number.

x e {0,1,2} ?

If you restrict x>2, then
x=5

5!-1=120-1=119=7*17

So, the astronaut problem is impossible. By the same principles that you are attempting to solve the problem.

1) The Space Ship and the Astronaut are not moving.
-BS. They are both moving, what you're trying to say is that they are not moving relative to each other.

2) So, they're not moving relative to each other? Then how the H-E-Hockey Stick-Hockey Stick did he get 50 m away from the spacecraft and instantaneously stop (relative to the ship) without having something else exert a force on him? (N's 1st law)

So, he needs to be traveling at a rate of 50m/20minutes, or 2.5 m/min.

Assuming you weighed it wrong and the tool box is 6kg, then he needs to exert a force on the toolbox to have it travel at 25m/min.

I think I would throw 1 tool at a time as I got closer I could dial it in the actual direction I need to go.

Okay, Timinator did it, I didn't expect it to be so easy :(

john what are you talking about

next:

prove

e^(i*pi)+1=0

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGDNUDQCc4

wow you're so good, no one wants to see avideo genius, i want you to solve it.

and note:i want it to be proved with power series

Please re-read the first post of this thread. It says problems should not exceed high school level, and this problem clearly does.

pretty sure im in highschool and pretty sure i got a lecture on this. way to embarass yourself completely hahahahaha

im actually laughing aloud at you right now,