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A pitot-static tube used at supersonic speeds must be corrected because
Answer: B
At supersonic speed a detached bow shock forms ahead of the probe, and the entropy rise across it reduces the stagnation pressure that the probe then measures. The Rayleigh pitot formula accounts for this. Stagnation temperature is unaffected, since a shock is adiabatic.
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