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3 years ago

Why do the passengers on a high-flying airplane not appear weightless, similar to the astronauts on the space station?

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Even in space, there is still presence of gravity. The cause of weightlessness is not how far above the earth the space shuttle is but rather how fast it is travelling. The shuttle is in free fall causing weightlessness, but it is travelling fast enough to miss the earth as it falls. Similarly, the airplane could also provide weightlessness if it went free fall as well. However, that ends as the plane hits the ground.

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(a) q positive; w negative.

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Explanation:

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By convention, when the system absorbs heat from the surroundings, its sign is positive, that is, q = 196 J.

By convention, when the system exerts work on the surroundings, its sign is negative, that is, w = -322 J.

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ΔE = q + w

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internal energy (E) of a system,

change in internal energy (ΔE) of a system,

heat (q) absorbed or released by a system,

work (w) done on or by a system.

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Answer:

t = 1.659s

Explanation:

We can use the kinematics equations to solve this questions:

v = u + at

$v^{2} = u^{2} +2as$

where v = Final Velocity, u = initial velocity, a = acceleration, t = time, s = displacement

a) Given information from the question,

u = $\frac{70km}{h} =\frac{(70*1000)m}{(1*3600)s} = 19.444m/s$ (Convert km/h to m/s first)

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v = u + at

22.761 = 19.444 + 2t

2t = 22.761 - 19.444

t = $\frac{22.761-19.444}{2}$

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