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February 4th 06, 05:30 PM
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Can a Plane on a Treadmill Take Off?
The whole problem is confusing because
"An airplane on a runway sits on a conveyer belt that moves in the opposite direction at exactly the speed that the airplane is moving forward." Moving forward with respect to what? The conveyor belt? (you gt the answer that it WONT take off), or the air? (you get the answer that it WILL take off). AMBIGUOUS!!! (Cecil's answer assumes with respect to the air, and that is also how he gets the tires going at twice the speed of the plane through the air). 
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