The earth's radius is about 4000 miles. Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and Singapore are both nearly on the equator. The distance between them is 5000 miles as measured along the earth's surface. a. Through what angle do you turn, relative to the earth, if you fly from Kampala to Singapore? Give your answer in both radians and degrees.
b. The flight from Kampala to Singapore take 9 hours. What is the plane's angular speed relative to the earth?

a) the required angle in both radian and degree is  1.25 rad and 71.6°

b) the plane's angular speed relative to the earth is 3.86 × 10⁻⁵ rad/sec

Explanation:

Given the data in the question;

a)

we know that The expression for the angle subtended by an arc of circle at the center of the circle is,

θ = Length / radius

given that Length is 5000 miles and radius is 4000 miles

we substitute

θ = 5000 miles / 4000 miles

θ = 1.25 rad

Radian to Degree

θ = 1.25 rad × ( 180° / π rad )

θ =  71.6°

Therefore, required angle in both radian and degree is  1.25 rad and 71.6°

b)

The flight from Kampala to Singapore take 9 hours.

the plane's angular speed relative to the earth = ?

we know that, the relation between angular velocity and angular displacement is;

ω = θ / t

given that θ is 1.25 rads and time t is 9 hours or ( 9 × 3600 sec ) = 32400 sec

we substitute

ω = 1.25 rad / 32400 sec

ω = 3.86 × 10⁻⁵ rad/sec

Therefore, the plane's angular speed relative to the earth is 3.86 × 10⁻⁵ rad/sec

gas and liquid

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.