Multiple Choice
You are on an airplane trip to the islands for vacation. Your first flight is on a propeller driven airplane. The air flowing toward the spinning propeller blades doesn't slow down before it encounters those blades. Your second flight is on a turbofan-driven jet airplane. The air flowing toward the spinning fan blades slows down significantly before it encounters those blades. The air's pressure just before it encounters the turbofan's fan blades is
A) much higher than the air's pressure just before it encounters the propeller's blades.
B) much lower than the air's pressure just before it encounters the propeller's blades.
C) equal to atmospheric pressure at the plane's altitude.
D) the same as the air's pressure just before it encounters the propeller's blades.
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