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Applying Bernoulli's equation

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Problem

A passenger aircraft of wing area, 130 m2, flies horizontally with a total mass of 5.0×105 kg.
Air moves at 900 kmh or 250 ms past the bottom of the wing during flight.
How fast does the air move relative to the top of the wing?
Note: Air density, ρ1.3 kgm3.
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