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Early test flights for the space shuttle used a \"glider\" (massof 940 kg including pilot). After a horizontal launch at 460 km/hat a height of 4000 m , the glider eventually landed at a speed of200 km/h

What would its landing speed have been in the absence of airresistance?

Express your answer using two significant figures.

What was the average force of air resistance exerted on it if itcame in at a constant glide angle of 10 ∘ to the Earth'ssurface?

Express your answer using two significant figures.

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