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Homework Statement
A pilot is flying his personal jet at 180m/s, approaching the airport. Near the airport the pilot sees the runway 300m horizontally to his left, but he is moving parralel to it. He banks left quickly, turning in level, circular arc, until the plane has moved 150 m, then banks quickly right, again turning in a circular arc, and ends up flying directly over the runway. How quickly does the pilot do this?
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The Attempt at a Solution
i have assumed that the flight is at the same altitude and speed during the manoevre.
would i use centripetal motion equations to solve this question because the plane moves in a circula arc, and would the distance from the runway to the plane be the radius?