document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=717628>Question 717628</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Plane flies at a constant speed of 600 miles / hour at a bearing of N 55 E. There is a 50 miles/h crosswind blowing east . what are the planes actual speed and direction?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Wind directions are given as the direction they're from.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "People writing math books don't seem to know much.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it blowing from the east?  Or to the east.<BR>\n" );
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