SOLUTION: A jet is traveling west at 650 kph. What is its velocity if there is a wind of of 35 kph coming from the south

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Question 391010: A jet is traveling west at 650 kph. What is its velocity if there is a wind of of 35 kph coming from the south
Answer by Alan3354(30993) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assuming 650 km/hr is the air speed:
Ground+speed+=+sqrt%28650%5E2+%2B+35%5E2%29
=~ 650.94 km/hr
or ~ 651 km/hr
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Its ground track is 270º + arctan(35/650)
=~ 273.1º
You asked for velocity. Velocity is a vector with components of speed and direction.
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PS Aviation and weather people us knots for speed, not km/hr or miles/hr.