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Posted by Emma on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 10:00am.

On an aircraft carrier, a jet can be catapulted from 0 to 155 mi/h in 2.00 s. If the average force exerted by the catapult is 5.53×106 N what is the mass of the jet?__________ kg

Physics - Elena, Friday, October 12, 2012 at 2:37pm
155 mi/h =69.3 m/s

v=at
a=v/t=69.3/2=34.65 m/s²
F=ma
m=F/a=5.53•10⁶/34.65=1.6•10⁵kg

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