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An engineer is designing a runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the airport, the

lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3 m/s2
. The takeoff speed for this plane will be 70 m/s.
Assuming this minimum acceleration, what is the minimum allowed length for the runway?

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Answer:

816m

Step-by-step explanation:

70^2m/s=2(3m/ss)(x)

x=816

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