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Science Bowl Question

📅 NSB 2011 Set 4🎓 HS🔄 Round 15#️⃣ Question 8🌟 Bonus📝 Multiple Choice

A jet engine gets its thrust by taking in air, heating and compressing it and then ejecting it at a high speed. If a particular engine takes in 20 kilograms of air per second at 100 meters per second, and ejects it at 500 meters per second, what is the thrust of the engine in newtons?

W) 760
X) 8000
Y) 9100
Z) 10,500
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