Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780073398242
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12.1, Problem 12.46P
An airline pilot climbs to a new flight level along the path shown. Knowing that the speed of the airplane decreases at a constant rate from 180 m/s at point A to 160 m/s at point C, determine the magnitude of the abrupt change in the force exerted on a 90-kg passenger as the airplane passes point B.
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