An airplane of mass 1.7 × 10^4 kg tows a glider of mass 0.9 × 10^4 kg. The airplane propellers provide a net forward thrust of 4.0 × 10^4 N. What is the glider's acceleration?

a. 1.5 m/s2
b. 2.4 m/s2
c. 5.0 m/s2
d. 4.4 m/s2
e. 9.8 m/s2


a

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