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Which physical principle is involved in the working of a jet airplane?

Class 9th Lakhmir Singh & Manjit Kaur - Physics 2. Force and Laws of Motion

Answer :

Simply by Newton's third law I.e. conservation of momentum. The jet engine exerts force rearwards by throwing high velocity jet of air and as a reaction the plane moves forward.

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