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A small plane tows a glider at constant speed and altitude.

If the plane does 2.00X10^5 J of work to tow the glider 165 m and the tension in the tow rope is 2660 N, what is the angle between the tow rope and the horizontal?
14 years ago

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bobpursley
work=Tension*distance*cosTheta
solve for theta
14 years ago
jay
.455
13 years ago

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