Airplane (was: Moving Bullet)

In summary, the conversation discusses the problem of finding the mass and distance traveled of a Lufthansa A320 plane as it accelerates from rest to lift-off speed in 25 seconds. It includes the governing equations and the attempt at solving the problem, with the final answer being a mass of 70557.61063kg and a distance traveled of 912.375m.
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Cole07
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Homework Statement



A Lufthansa A320 accelerates from rest to lift-off speed of 72.99 m/s in 25.00 s. Each of the plane's two jet engines provides a forward force (thrust) of 103.00 kN. What is the mass of the plane?

How far does it travel down the runway before lift-off?

2. Governing equations
Vf=Vi+at
EF=ma
D=Vit+at^2

The Attempt at a Solution


Vf=72.99
Vi=0
a=?
t=25.00s
I used Vf=Vi+at to get a=2.9196
then EF=ma to solve for mass and got 35.27880532 which i was told was wrong i went back and looked at the problem and thought that since the plane has two engines i would double the mass, but it was still wrong. and i tried D=Vit+at^2 for the second problem, but it didn't work either i don't understand what I'm doing wrong. any help would be appreciated
 
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Cole07 said:

The Attempt at a Solution


Vf=72.99
Vi=0
a=?
t=25.00s
I used Vf=Vi+at to get a=2.9196
So far, so good. (Don't forget units.)
then EF=ma to solve for mass and got 35.27880532 which i was told was wrong i went back and looked at the problem and thought that since the plane has two engines i would double the mass, but it was still wrong.
F = ma is the right approach. But what's the total F? There are two engines, each giving their own force. And be careful with units: 1 kN = 1 kilo-N = 1000 N.
 
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I think it should read like this:

103kN x 2 = 206kN
206kN = 206000 Newtons (N)

F=ma

206000 N = (m) (2.9196 m/s^2)

m = 206000 N / 2.9196 m/s^2
 
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ok i got the mass of the plane to be 70557.61063kg, but i still don't know what I'm doing wrong to get the distance traveled down the runway.
 
  • #5
d = (1/2)(vi + vf)(t)
 
  • #6
i got it 912.375m thank you!
 
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Cole07 said:
ok i got the mass of the plane to be 70557.61063kg, but i still don't know what I'm doing wrong to get the distance traveled down the runway.

You had a mistake in your distance equation:
D=Vit+at^2
That should be D = Vit + 0.5at^2.
 

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