An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of 900 km/h.

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asked Mar 3, 2018 in Physics by shabnam praween (19,050 points) 5 6 77

An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of 900 km/h. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity.

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answered Mar 3, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 23
selected Mar 3, 2018 by shabnam praween
 
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Radius of the loop, r = 1 km = 1000 m

Speed of the aircraft, v = 900 km/h

Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2

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