SOLUTION: The air speed of a light plane is 200km/hr and its heading is 90 degrees. A 40km/hr wind is blowing with a velocity vector having bearing 160 degrees. Find the ground speed and tru

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Question 1129567: The air speed of a light plane is 200km/hr and its heading is 90 degrees. A 40km/hr wind is blowing with a velocity vector having bearing 160 degrees. Find the ground speed and true course of the plane to the nearest thousandth.
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The air speed of a light plane is 200km/hr and its heading is 90 degrees. A 40km/hr wind is blowing with a velocity vector having bearing 160 degrees. Find the ground speed and true course of the plane to the nearest thousandth.
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It's a triangle.
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Nearest 1000th of what?
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What is "true course?"