When a propeller airplane takes off, how is momentum conserved?
a. Momentum is not conserved, because the airplane goes from being still to moving.
b. Momentum is conserved only because the earth moves as the airplane takes off.
c. Momentum is conserved because molecules in the air move as the propeller pushes them.
d. Momentum is conserved because molecules in the air move on average in all directions.
e. Momentum is conserved because another airplane has to take off from the other side of the earth at the same time.
c
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