Question

a plane is flying due east in still air at 395km/h suddenly the plane is hit by wind blowing at 55km/h toward the west. what is the resultant of the plane?
If the positive direction is east, we have to add up the two velocities:

395 - 55 = 340
or, 340km/h east

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