A small propeller airplane can comfortably achieve a high enough speed to take off on a runway

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A small propeller airplane can comfortably achieve a high enough speed to take off on a runway that is 1/4 mile long. A large, fully loaded passenger jet has about the same acceleration from rest, but it needs to achieve twice the speed to take off. What is the minimum runway length that will serve?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780321595492

2nd Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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