An airplane is flying north. It makes a gradual 180° turn (at any instant, the turning angle is less than 90°) at constant speed of 419.6 km/h changing its direction of travel from north through east to south in 39.8 s. The centripetal acceleration of the plane for this turnin m/s is:

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An airplane is flying north. It makes a gradual 180° turn (at any instant, the turning angle is less than 90°) at constant speed of 419.6 km/h changing its direction of travel from north through east to south in 39.8 s. The centripetal acceleration of the plane for this turnin m/s is:
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