Physics (5th Edition)
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Author: James S. Walker
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Chapter 12, Problem 63GP
CE You weigh yourself on a scale inside an airplane flying due east above the equator. If the airplane now turns around and heads due west with the same speed, will the reading on the scale increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.
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