#$&*
Phy 201
Your 'cq_1_22.1' report has been received. Scroll down through the document to see any comments I might have inserted, and my final comment at the end.
** **
An airplane traveling to the northwest is exerting just enough force to overcome wind resistance. It encounters a sudden wind gust which is directed at 30 degrees south of east, which results in a net force in that direction.
• During the half-second before the pilot has time to react to the gust, does the airplane speed up, slow down or maintain constant (or very nearly-constant) speed?
answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> :
Slow down. If the object is traveling NorthWest, and a Southeastern wind gust hits the plane, it will slow down because this gust is opposing the direction of the plane.
#$&*
• Does it veer a bit to the right, a bit to the left or does it continue traveling along a straight line?
answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> :
I would think it would continue to travel along a straight line. I set up a compass and marked which direction the plane was traveling and the direction that the wind was traveling and they line up. If the wind had been traveling at any other direction, then it would have veered to either the right or the left.
#$&*
*#&!*#&!
&#Your work looks very good. Let me know if you have any questions. &#