Find the speed of the airplans flight.
Since the airplane is traveling due east with a speed of miles per hour, the component form of the speed
is
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Use the magnitude and the direction of the wind to write this vector in component form.
Angle is the direction angle that
makes with the positive
- axis.
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Add the algebraic vectors representing and
to find the resultant velocity, vector
.
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Find the magnitude of the resultant vector .
The speed of the airplanes flight is about
.
(b)
\Find the angle of the airplans flight.
Find the resultant direction angle .
Since the resultanr vector in quadrant IV,
.
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The angle of the airplanes flight is about
.
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(a)
\The speed of the airplanes flight is about
.
(b)
\The angle of the airplanes flight is about
.