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An airport has runways only 197 m long. A small plane must reach a ground speed of 43 m/s before it can become airborne. What average acceleration must the plane's engine provide if it is to take off safely from its airport. Answer in units of m/s.

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The average acceleration that a plane's engine must provide is determined.

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We have the distance of the runway, call it s = 197m, final speed v = 43 m/s and assume the intial speed is plane at rest u = 0. We can work out the ...

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