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Fluid Motion at a Carnival

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How Do Airplanes Work?

Bernoulli's theorem says that as a fluid moves faster, its pressure decreases. So taking this to airplanes, airplane wings are designed in a way that makes air move faster over the top of them than it does over the bottom. And because fluids or gas like pretty much anything in physics likes to move from high pressure to low pressure, that high pressure environment under the wing pushes up and lifts the plane.

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