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  • Distance Traveled by a Plane with Increasing Velocity: A Physics Problem
    The answer: 2625

    Explanations:

    Let the acceleration of the plane be \(a\).

    Then, we have:

    $$v_f=v_i+at$$

    $$145=75+15a$$

    $$a=4.66\overline{6}\ miles/sec^2$$

    Also, the distance traveled by the plane in 15 seconds is:

    $$d=\frac{1}{2}(v_i+v_f)t$$

    $$=\frac{1}{2}(75+145)(15)$$

    $$=2625 miles$$

    Therefore, the plane flies 2625 miles in 15 seconds while its velocity is increasing from 75 miles per second to 145 at uniform rate of acceleration.

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