Required information A plane weighing 234 kN (23.9 tons) lands on an aircraft carrier. The plane is moving horizontally at 66.0 m/s (147.6 mi/h) when its tailhook grabs hold of the arresting cables. The cables bring the plane to a stop in a distance of 84.0 m. How much work is done on the plane by the arresting cables?
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Required information A plane weighing 234 kN (23.9 tons) lands on an aircraft carrier. The plane...
As a 16,400 kg jet plane lands on an aircraft carrier, its tail hook snags a cable to slow it down. The cable is attached to a spring with spring constant 71,500 N/m. If the spring stretches 36 m to stop the plane, what was the plane's landing speed? m/s