After a careful reading of the question, I have concluded that it's a trick question, and that there IS no other one.
Metric system. important because it saves us time due to the fact that we do not have to convert our units every time.
Answer:
The centripetal acceleration changed by a factor of 0.5
Explanation:
Given;
first radius of the horizontal circle, r₁ = 500 m
speed of the airplane, v = 150 m/s
second radius of the airplane, r₂ = 1000 m
Centripetal acceleration is given as;

At constant speed, we will have;

a₂ = 0.5a₁
Therefore, the centripetal acceleration changed by a factor of 0.5