Question: When its 7 5 kWkW engine is generating full power, a small single - engine airplane with mass 6 5 0 kgkg gains altitude at

When its 75 kWkW engine is generating full power, a small single-engine airplane with mass 650 kgkg gains altitude at a rate of 2.5 m/sm/s. What fraction of the engine power is being used to make the airplane climb? (The remainder is used to overcome the effects of air resistance and of inefficiencies in the propeller and engine.)

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