Question

An airplane flying at 600 miles per hour has a bearing of 152 degrees. After flying for 1.5 hours, how far north and how far east will the plane have traveled from point of departure?

bobpursley
bearing relative to N, clockwise?


The plane is going S, not N.


East: 600*1.5 sin152

N: 600*1.5*cos152 (notice cosine will be -, making the N distance -, or + S.)
a plane with airspeed of 450 miles per hour is flying in the direction N35 degress west?

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