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A plane is in level flight 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 `1 kg m^-3)`.

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