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An airplane is heading north at an airspeed of 300km/ hr, but there is a wind blowing from the northwest at 50km/hr. How many degrees off course will the plane end up flying, and what is the plane's speed relative to the ground?
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bobpursley
add the vectors...
300N+50sin45S+50cos45E
N(300-50*.707)N+50*.707E
degrees off course: arctan east/north where east and north are the resultant values above.
300N+50sin45S+50cos45E
N(300-50*.707)N+50*.707E
degrees off course: arctan east/north where east and north are the resultant values above.
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