While Flying Horizontally in an Airplane, You Notice That a String

question 146

Multiple Choice

While flying horizontally in an airplane, you notice that a string dangling from the overhead luggage compartment hangs at rest at $15 ^ { \circ }$ away from the vertical toward the front of the plane.
Using this observation, you can conclude that the airplane is

• A) not accelerating because the string is at rest.
• B) moving forward.
• C) accelerating forward.
• D) moving backward.
• E) accelerating backward.

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