An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of 900 km/h. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity.

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Centripetal acceleration =v2/r Here v=900kmph r=1km On putting, we get, a=6.25m/s2 So 6.25÷9.8 =0.63
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