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A plane flies at an airspeed of 242 km/h. A wind is blowing at 72 km/h toward the direction 60° east of north.

What is the speed of the plane relative to the ground?
14 years ago

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bobpursley
It depends on the heading of the airplane.
14 years ago
Ashley
it is going directly north
14 years ago

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