At a given instant in an airplane race, airplane A is flying horizontally in a straight line,

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At a given instant in an airplane race, airplane A is flying horizontally in a straight line, and its speed is being increased at the rate of 8m/s2.Airplane B is flying at the same altitude as airplane A and, as it rounds a pylon, is following a circular path of 300-m radius. Knowing that at the given instant the speed of B is being decreased at the rate of 3m/s2,determine, for the positions shown, 


(a) The velocity of B relative to A, 


(b) The acceleration of B relative to A.image

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Vector Mechanics For Engineers Statics And Dynamics

ISBN: 9781259977206

12th Edition

Authors: Phillip J Cornwell, E Russell Jr Johnston, David Mazurek, E Russell Johnston Jr, Ferdinand P Beer, Brian

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