A spaceship's orbital maneuver requires a speed increase of 1.30 ✕ 103 m/s. If its engine has an exhaust speed of 2.55 ✕ 103 m/s, determine the required ratio  Mi Mf  of its initial mass to its final mass. (The difference  Mi − Mf  equals the mass of the ejected fuel.)

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A spaceship's orbital maneuver requires a speed increase of 1.30 ✕ 103 m/s. If its engine has an exhaust speed of 2.55 ✕ 103 m/s, determine the required ratio 
Mi
Mf
 of its initial mass to its final mass. (The difference 
Mi − Mf
 equals the mass of the ejected fuel.)
 
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