NCERT Exercise 3.15 - Motion in a Plane

Question: An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1 km with a speed of 900 km h⁻¹. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity (g = 9.8 m s⁻¹).

Answer: = **62.5 m s⁻¹** ? **6.4 g** (about 6.4 times acceleration due to gravity).

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