document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=741105>Question 741105</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A plane flies on a bearing of 230o at 350 miles per hour.  A wind is blowing from the west at 30 miles per hour.  Find the groundspeed and the final bearing of the plane in the wind.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 sides of the triangle are 350 & 30.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The angle between the 2 sides = 270 - 230 = 40 degs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "GS =~ 327.586 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "angle A is between heading and ground track<BR>\n" );
document.write( "GS/sin(40) = 30/sin(A)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A =~ 3.375 degs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ground track = 230 - A = 226.6 degs\r<BR>\n" );
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