3) While flying horizontally in an airplane, you notice that a string dangling from the overhead

luggage compartment hangs at rest at 15° away from the vertical toward the front of the plane.

Using this observation, you can conclude that the airplane is

A) accelerating forward.

B) moving backward.

C) moving forward.

D) not accelerating because the string is at rest.

E) accelerating backward.

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Melissa Yoder

18 March, 07:35

3) While flying horizontally in an airplane, you notice that a string dangling from the overhead

luggage compartment hangs at rest at 15° away from the vertical toward the front of the plane.

Using this observation, you can conclude that the airplane is

A) accelerating forward.

B) moving backward.

C) moving forward.

D) not accelerating because the string is at rest.

E) accelerating backward.

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Roderick Blankenship · Answer 1

Answer: A - Accelerating forward

Explanation: For string to be dangling and the compartment hanging 15° to the vertical, it can be logically concluded that the airplane is accelerating forward.