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 405.4 km/h, changing its direction of travel from north through east to south in 37.4 s. The centripetal acceleration of the plane for this turn in m/s2 is:

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 405.4 km/h, changing its direction of travel from north through east to south in 37.4 s. The centripetal acceleration of the plane for this turn in m/s2 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 405.4 km/h, changing its direction of travel
from north through east to south in 37.4 s. The centripetal acceleration of the plane
for this turn in m/s? is:

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