1. An airplane has a mass of 3.1 x 104 kg and takes off under the influence of a constant net force of 3.7 x 104 N. What is the net force that acts on the plane’s 78-kg pilot?

 

 

 

Since the Pilot and Plane must accelerate at the same rate assuming the pilot is strapped into plane, the two accelerations must be the same.  All the vectors are in the same direction so we can drop the vector signs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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