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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?
answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> : It would slow down because it's barely overcoming wind resistance (before the wind gust) and having force equal to wind resistance just
means constant velocity. When the wind gust comes, it says it has a net force in that direction, meaning acceleration would occur in this new direction, which is
backward or negative, so the plane would slow down.
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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?
answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> : I think theoretically, it should continue in a straight line after slowing down a bit, but if the original direction is not exactly
opposite of this 30 degrees, it would go back and forth a little. However, in the real world, I think the plane would move a little bit in all directions (both back
and forth). I think because in nature nothing homogeneous or consistant, because a wind gust would probably have differences in strength and speed within it.