What is the mass of a plane with 9500 J of kinetic energy traveling 600 m/s?

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Wandeclayt M.
Jan 23, 2018

#K=mv^2/2#.

Solving for #m# we find

#m=(2*K)/v^2 = (2*9500"J")/(600 "m/s")^2=(19000"J")/(360000"m"^2/"s"^2)=0.026"kg"#.

Explanation:

Seems like you have a 26g paper airplane. I'm not even sure if is there a drone as light as this.

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