Phy 201
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An airplane traveling to the northwest is exerting just enough force to overcome wind resistance. It encounters a sudden wind gust which is directed at 30 degrees south of east, which results in a net force in that direction.
• During the half-second before the pilot has time to react to the gust, does the airplane speed up, slow down or maintain constant (or very nearly-constant) speed?
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#$&* I don’t really know what direction the plane is heading, because I don’t really know what south of east means. Is that like south-east? Because if the wind gust is coming south-east, then the plane is going to slow down since it is flying directly into the gust.
• Does it veer a bit to the right, a bit to the left or does it continue traveling along a straight line?
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#$&* If the plane is flying north-west, and the sudden gust of wind is coming south-east, considering the plane is flying exactly on the compass settings, the plane will continue in its current straight direction.
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