A common belief is that a hole in a jet plane can suck a person out. On an episode of a popular TV series, the hosts attempted to determine whether this is possible. According to the hosts' experiment, such an event cannot happen. Did they need to perform the experiment? As a science adviser to the show, the hosts ask you to perform a crude calculation to test the myth. A typical jet plane travels at 552 mph at a cruising altitude of 25500 ft. The windows on a jet plane measure 14.0 in x 14.0 in. Calculate the force F exerted on such a window as the plane flies at 25500 ft above the sea level. Assume the density and pressure of air at 25500 ft are 0.562 kg/m³ and 382 mbar, respectively, but that the interior of the plane remains pressurized to atmospheric pressure, 1 atm. F = Calculate the fractional difference between this force and the weight wman of a typical adult male (185 lb). F W man = How would you respond to Adam and Jaime? There is no need to perform the experiment; it is impossible for a person to be sucked out of a plane. O My calculation does not prove that such an event cannot happen; you will need to perform the experiment. lb

A common belief is that a hole in a jet plane can suck a person out. On an episode of a popular TV series, the hosts attempted to determine whether this is possible. According to the hosts' experiment, such an event cannot happen. Did they need to perform the experiment? As a science adviser to the show, the hosts ask you to perform a crude calculation to test the myth. A typical jet plane travels at 552 mph at a cruising altitude of 25500 ft. The windows on a jet plane measure 14.0 in x 14.0 in. Calculate the force F exerted on such a window as the plane flies at 25500 ft above the sea level. Assume the density and pressure of air at 25500 ft are 0.562 kg/m³ and 382 mbar, respectively, but that the interior of the plane remains pressurized to atmospheric pressure, 1 atm. F = Calculate the fractional difference between this force and the weight wman of a typical adult male (185 lb). F W man = How would you respond to Adam and Jaime? There is no need to perform the experiment; it is impossible for a person to be sucked out of a plane. O My calculation does not prove that such an event cannot happen; you will need to perform the experiment. lb

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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