Evaluate the airspeed of an airplane


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Q: A Pitot tube (Figure) is used to determine the airspeed of an airplane. It consists of an outer tube with a number of small holes B (four are shown) that allow air into the tube; that tube is connected to one arm of a U-tube. The other arm of the U-tube is connected to hole A at the front end of the device, which points in the direction the plane is headed. At A the air becomes stagnant so that vA = 0. At B, however, the speed of the air presumably equals the airspeed v of theplane.

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