A 12,000-kg airplane launched by a catapult from an aircraft carrier is accelerated from 0 to 200

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A 12,000-kg airplane launched by a catapult from an aircraft carrier is accelerated from 0 to 200 km/h in 3 s.
(a) How many times the acceleration due to gravity is the airplane’s acceleration? 

(b) What is the average force the catapult exerts on the airplane?

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The Physical Universe

ISBN: 978-0077862619

16th edition

Authors: Konrad B Krauskopf, Arthur Beiser

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