When its 75-kW (100-hp) engine is generating full power, a small single-engine airplane with mass 700 kg gains altitude at a rate of 2.5 m/s (150 m/min, or 500 ft/min). What fraction of the engine power is being used to make the airplane climb? (The remainder is used to overcome the effects of air resistance and of inefficiencies in the propeller and engine

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A: Given:-  mass of the skier m= 65 kg  height h= 85 m  slop is θ=30° The speed of the skier is v= 2.2…

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A: SOlution: Given that m = 710 kg v =  23 m/s Fdrag = 434 N slope of 2.0°

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A: Given data:  Mass (m) = 87.3 kg Height (h) = 5.4 m Required: The work done (W)