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Jet engines work by taking in air, speeding it up and discharging it through the rear. It accomplishes this task by ducting the air through different stages. Every stage compresses the air further. When the compressed air is ignited it is passed through the last stage which is another turbine which in turn is connected to and spins one of the first stages allowing the engine to ingest even more air completing a cycle. The hot and high pressure air is expelled through the exhaust nozzle which speeds up the air even further as it leaves the engine. The force from the exhaust gases leaving the engine is what provides forward motion.

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