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A plane is in level fight at constant speed and each of its two wings has an area of `25 m^2`. If the speed of the air is `180 km//h` over the lower wing and `234 km//h` over the upper wing surface, determine the plane 's mass.(Take air density to be 1kg `m^-3`)

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4393 kg
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