(a)
To calculate: The expression of the distance travelled by an aircraft before takeoff, if the aircraft is travelling with an air speed of
(b)
To calculate: The time taken by aircraft to cover
(c)
The reason behind rejecting the value of t computed in part (b), if the aircraft is travelling with an air speed of
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