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(a) At what speed would a 2.00×104 -kg airplane have to fly to have a momentum of 1.60×109 kg · m/s (the same as the ship’s momentum in the problem above)? (b) What is the plane’s momentum when it is taking off at a speed of 60.0 m/s ? (c) If the ship is an aircraft carrier that launches these airplanes with a catapult, discuss the implications of your answer to (b) as it relates to recoil effects of the catapult on the ship.

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QUESTION:

Problem 3PE

(a) At what speed would a 2.00×104 -kg airplane have to fly to have a momentum of 1.60×109 kg · m/s (the same as the ship’s momentum in the problem above)? (b) What is the plane’s momentum when it is taking off at a speed of 60.0 m/s ? (c) If the ship is an aircraft carrier that launches these airplanes with a catapult, discuss the implications of your answer to (b) as it relates to recoil effects of the catapult on the ship.

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Step 1 of 4:

In this question, we need to find the speed of airplane

In part (b) we need to find momentum of plane when it is taking off

In part ( c) if the ship is considered as aircraft carrier which launches the airplanes with a catapult, we are to comment on the implication of answer on part (b) considering recoil effect of the catapult  

Data given

Mass of airplane

Momentum

Speed

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