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An aricraft 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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Here, `r = 1 km = 1000 m, v = 900 km h^(-1)`
`900 xx (1000)m xx (60 xx 60 s)^(-1)`
`= 250 ms^(-1)`
Centripetal acceleration , `a = (v^(2))/(r)`
`= ((250)^(2))/(1000)`
Now, a/g `= ((250)^(2))/(1000) xx (1)/(9.8) = 6.38`.
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