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Chapter 2: Q. 14 (page 60)

A jet plane is cruising at 300 m/s when suddenly the pilot turns the engines up to full throttle. After traveling 4.0 km, the jet is moving at a speed of 400 m/s. What is the jet’s acceleration, assuming it to be a constant acceleration?

Short Answer

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The acceleration of the plane is8.75ms2.

Step by step solution

01

Given information

The initial speed of a plane is vis=300ms

Distance covered by plane is s=4km=4000m

The final speed of the plane isvfs=400ms

02

The acceleration of the plane.

Use kinematical equation v2fs=v2is+2as.

Substitute known values

4002=3002+2a40004002-3002=8000aa=700008000=8.75ms2

Therefore, the acceleration of the plane is8.75ms2.

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