Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
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ISBN: 9781259696534
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 62P
The speed of an aircraft is given to be 260 m/s in air. If the speed of sound at that 330m/s, the flight of aircraft is
(a) Sonic
(b) Subsonic
(c)Supersonic
(d) Hypersonic
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