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What is the effect on the speed of a fighter plane chasing another when it opens fire? What happens to the speed of pursued plane when it returns the fire?

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When the fighter plane opens the fire, its momentum will be in backward direction and its speed decreases.When pursued plan opens fire in backward direction.then the momentum of plane will be in forward direction and its speed increases.

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