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Physics for Scientists and Engineers (9th Edition)

Chapter-11

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Question 14





Heading straight toward the summit of Pike’s Peak, an airplane of mass kg flies over the plains of Kansas at nearly constant altitude km with constant velocity m/s west. (a) What is the airplane’s vector angular momentum relative to a wheat farmer on the ground directly below the airplane? (b) Does this value change as the airplane continues its motion along a straight line? (c) What If? What is its angular momentum relative to the summit of Pike’s Peak?