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document.write( "In this problem, 680 km/h is the rate of the jet relative to the air.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is directed to East.  64 km/h is the rate of the wind, it is directed North.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The combined groundspeed of the plane (the speed relative to the ground) is\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  = 683.005 km/h\r\n" );
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