The lift on an airplane wing is an application of
A) Bernoulli's principle.
B) Pascal's principle.
C) Archimedes' principle.
D) Poiseuille's equation.
E) Torricelli's equation.

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The lift on an airplane wing is an application of Bernoulli's principle, which states that as the speed of a fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases. The shape of the wing is designed to create a lower pressure area above the wing and a higher pressure area below the wing, resulting in an upward force that lifts the plane.

The Lift on an Airplane Wing Is an Application of