Question

a small plane flies due south with a speed of 112 m/s while a tailwind blows due south at 31 m/s. Draw and label a vector diagram and calculate the magnitude and direction of the plane's resultant velocity

Answer 1

Cannot draw diagrams on these posts.

Answer 2

Since both the flight direction and the wind are due south, just add the two velocities to get
143 m/s

draw a straight line pointing south, and label its length as 142

btw, 112 m/s for a small plane
= 112(60)(60) or 403200 m/h
= 403 km/h or appr 250 mph, average speed of a small plane is about 150 mph


and a windspeed of 31 m/s is appr 87 km/h

result: a very fast small plane flying in a hurricane.