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How is Newton's second law applied to an airplane?
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Newton’s second law states that Force equals mass times acceleration, or F=ma. This means that the force needed to accelerate an airplane in any direction is equal to the mass of the airplane times the desired acceleration. It also means that the amount an airplane accelerates is equal to the mass of the airplane divided by the applied force.
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 9:29 pm
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