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A Boeing 747 jet with a wingspan of 60m is flying horizontaly at a speed of 300m/s over Phoenix, Arizona at a location where the Earth's magnetic field is 50 micro tesla at 58 degrees below the horizontal. What voltage is generated between the wingtips ?

2007-03-19 15:31:36 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

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Let L=length of wingspan
"x" is the cross-product

v=-L(v x B) -60(300*50E-6)sin(58)=-0.76 V

2007-03-19 16:15:55 · answer #1 · answered by Rob M 4 · 0 0

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