An airplane flies 200 km due west from city A to city B and then 305 km in the direction of 30.0° north of west from city B to city C.

(a) In straight-line distance, how far is city C from city A?
___km

(b) Relative to city A, in what direction is city C?
___° north of west

1 answer

Break up the vectors into N, W components, and add, then use the results to reform the vector.