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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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The plane would slow down since the forces of wind resistance and the gust would be greater than the force the plane is exerting against them.
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• 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 wind gust was perfectly parallel to the direction of travel to the plane, it would keep in the same direction. However, it is likely that, in the real world, there would be slight variations in the plane’s surface, the wind not in exactly the same direction of the plane and other things that would cause it to veer very slightly to one side.
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