SOLUTION: An airplane flying at 450 miles/hr due south experiences a westerly wind of 75 miles/hr. What is the actual velocity?

Question 345703: An airplane flying at 450 miles/hr due south experiences a westerly wind of 75 miles/hr. What is the actual velocity?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let North be positive , East be positive .
The plane is traveling (,).
The wind is blowing (,).
The actual plane velocity is,
(,)+(,)=(,)
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mph
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degrees West of South.

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