Phy 231
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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.
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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: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> scussion:
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It would slow down (and then after that instant it would be going in the opposite direction)
it would probably take quite awhile to reverse the direction of the airplane's motion
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: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> scussion:
Well, assuming it's right in the middle of the second quadrant (135 deg), and gets hit by a force at 330 deg, the 330 deg force is going to hit at an angle from the left, so the plane will veer slightly to the right.
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