SOLUTION: A plane is headed directly east at 340 mi/hr when the wind is from the south at 45 mi/hr. What is its velocity (magnitude and direction) with respect to the ground ?

Question 623341: A plane is headed directly east at 340 mi/hr when the wind is from the south at 45 mi/hr.
What is its velocity (magnitude and direction) with respect to the ground ?

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A plane is headed directly east at 340 mi/hr when the wind is from the south at 45 mi/hr.
What is its velocity (magnitude and direction) with respect to the ground ?
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v =~ 342.965 mi/hr
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East = 090 degs
tan = 45/340
Angle with heading = atan(45/340) =~ 7.54 degs
Ground track = 090 - 7.54 = 82.46 degs
--> 082
Aircraft don't use fractions of degrees.
Also, they don't use mi/hr, they use knots.

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