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Consider an airplane with a total wing surface of 50 m^2. At a certain speed the difference in air pressure below and above the wings is 4.0 % of atmospheric pressure.

Required:
Find the lift on the airplane.

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Answer:


F=202650N

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that:

Area
a=50m^2

Difference in air Pressure
dP=4.0\% atm=>0.04*101325=>4035Pa

Generally the equation for Force is mathematically given by


F=dP*A


F=4053*50


F=202650N

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