Early test flights for the space shuttle used a

Chapter 8, Problem 8.44

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Early test flights for the space shuttle used a glider(mass of 980 kg including pilot). After a horizontal launch at480 km/h at a height of 3500 m, the glider eventually landedat a speed of 210 km/h. (a) What would its landing speedhave been in the absence of air resistance? (b) What was theaverage force of air resistance exerted on it if it came in at aconstant glide angle of 12 to the Earths surface?

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