SOLUTION: A pilot heads his jet due east. The jet has a speed of 680 km/h relative to the air. The wind is blowing due north with a speed of 64 km/h Find the true speed and direction of

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Question 1180616: A pilot heads his jet due east. The jet has a speed of 680 km/h relative to the air. The wind is blowing due north with a speed of 64 km/h
Find the true speed and direction of the jet
Found 2 solutions by mananth, ikleyn:
Answer by mananth(16949)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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magnitude of resultant speed = = 5.38

Answer by ikleyn(53618)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A pilot heads his jet due east. The jet has a speed of 680 km/h relative to the air.
The wind is blowing due north with a speed of 64 km/h
Find the true speed and direction of the jet
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        Calculations in the post by @mananth are erroneous.
        I came to bring a correct solution.

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

Solved correctly.