An 80,000-kg airliner is flying at 900 km/h at a height of 8.00 km. What is its total energy (kinetic + potential) if the total was 0 when the airliner was at rest on the ground?

a. 250 MJ
c. 8770 MJ
b. 478 MJ
d. 10,300 MJ


C

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