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Old 12-08-2006, 06:41 PM   #215
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Originally Posted by Flint
The question does not define "forward speed" in a way that makes the question answerable, ...
Of course it does.
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When the plane's engines throttle up, it begins to move forward,
The classic F=ma relationship and the classic v=ma . Foreward speed is defined once we have numbers for these simple equations. And again, treadmill and observer will only confuse one with irrelevant parameters.
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