Question: Airport runways are generally designed with a buffer zone around 300 mm long beyond the runway end, to accommodate aircraft that land too fast or

Airport runways are generally designed with a buffer zone around 300 mm long beyond the runway end, to accommodate aircraft that land too fast or too far down the runway and go off the end. Where that's not possible, airports are increasingly installing so-called Engineered Material Arresting Systems (EMAS) to prevent runaway aircraft from entering nearby roads, neighborhoods, or waterways. One such system, at New York's JFK airport, consists of a 132-mm-long bed of crushable cement blocks.

What average force must this system exert on a 55-MgMg jetliner that enters the arrestor bed at 33 m/sm/s if the jet is to stop 120 mm into the bed?Take the direction of the plane to be positive. Express your answer using two significant figures.

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