The pilot of an airplane executes a constant-speed loop-the-loop maneuver in a vertical circle as in the figure below. The speed of the airplane is 2.00 x 10^2 m/s, and the radius of the circle is 2.96 x 10^3 m.

(a) What is the pilot's apparent weight at the lowest point of the circle if his true weight is 805.4 N?
___(N)
(b) What is his apparent weight at the highest point of the circle?
___(N)
(c) What speed would have resulted in the pilot experiencing weightlessness at the top of the loop?
____(m/s)

Question

The pilot of an airplane executes a constant-speed loop-the-loop maneuver in a vertical circle as in the figure below. The speed of the airplane is 2.00 x 10^2 m/s, and the radius of the circle is 2.96 x 10^3 m. 

(a) What is the pilot's apparent weight at the lowest point of the circle if his true weight is 805.4 N? 
___(N) 
(b) What is his apparent weight at the highest point of the circle? 
___(N) 
(c) What speed would have resulted in the pilot experiencing weightlessness at the top of the loop? 
____(m/s)

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