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# An airplane needs to reach a velocity of 203.0 km/h to takeoff. On a 2000 m runway, what is the minimum accelerationnecessary for the plane to take flight? a) 0.79 m/s2 b) 1.0 m/s2 c) 0.95 m/s2 d) 0.87 m/s2

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An airplane needs to reach a velocity of 203.0 km/h to takeoff. On a 2000 m runway, what is the minimum accelerationnecessary for the plane to take flight?
a) 0.79 m/s2
b) 1.0 m/s2
c) 0.95 m/s2
d) 0.87 m/s2

2021-02-28

We can solve using the equation
$$v_{f}^{2}= v_{0}^{2}+2a\triangle x$$
where ?x is the distance over shich the accelerationoccurs. Solving this for a, we have $$\displaystyle{a}={\frac{{{v}^{{{2}}}_{\left\lbrace{f}\right\rbrace}-{v}^{{{2}}}_{\left\lbrace{0}\right\rbrace}}}{{{2}\triangle{x}}}}$$
We need to convert our velocity to units of m/s, so first wemultiply by 1000 m/km and divide by 3600 s/h which gives
vf= $$\displaystyle{\frac{{{\left({203}{k}\frac{{m}}{{h}}\right)}{\left({1000}\frac{{m}}{{k}}{m}\right)}}}{{{\left({3600}\frac{{s}}{{h}}\right)}}}}={56.4}\frac{{m}}{{s}}$$
Now, we just insert $$v_{f}= 56.4$$ m/s, $$v_{0}= 0$$,and $$\triangle x = 2000$$m into our equation, giving $$\displaystyle{a}={\frac{{{\left({56.4}\frac{{m}}{{s}}\right)}^{{{2}}}}}{{{2}{\left({2000}{m}\right)}}}}={0.79}\frac{{m}}{{s}^{{{2}}}}$$
so our answer is a) 0.79 m/s

2021-10-08

Step-by-step explanation:

Acceleration = change in Velocity over time. Mathematically it is represented as $$\frac{\triangle v}{ \triangle t}$$

Given values in the question:

• Final velocity 203.0 km/h which is equal to (203/3.6)m/s = 56.39 m/s
• distance 2000 m
• Initial velocity is 0 m/s

To use the equation for acceleration time is needed.

velocity= distance/time

$$(\frac{203}{3.6}) = \frac{2000}{time}$$  multiplying both sides by time

$$(\frac{203}{3.6}) \times time = 2000$$ making time subject of the formula

$$time = \frac{2000}{(\frac{203}{3.6})}$$

time = 35.47 seconds

Substituting into the acceleration equation

acceleration =$$\frac{\triangle v}{ \triangle t}$$

$$=\frac{(56.39- 0)}{35.47}$$

$$= \frac{56.39}{35.47}$$

$$=1.59 \ m/s^2$$