(a) At what speed would a 2.00 x 10 4 -kg airplane have to fly to have...

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(a) At what speed would a 2.00 x 104-kg airplane have to fly to have a momentum of 1.60 x 109 kg m/s (the same as the ship's momentum in the problem above)? 

(b) What is the plane's momentum when it is taking off at a speed of 60.0 m/s? 

(c) If the ship is an aircraft carrier that launches these airplanes with a catapult, discuss the implications of your answer to (b) as it relates to recoil effects of the catapult on the ship.

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