SOLUTION: A plane is heading due south and climbing at the rate of 110 km/hr. If its airspeed is 480 km/hr and there is a wind blowing 100 km/hr to the northwest, what is the ground speed of

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Question 1058401: A plane is heading due south and climbing at the rate of 110 km/hr. If its airspeed is 480 km/hr and there is a wind blowing 100 km/hr to the northwest, what is the ground speed of the plane?
ground speed =

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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A plane is heading due south and climbing at the rate of 110 km/hr. If its airspeed is 480 km/hr and there is a wind blowing 100 km/hr to the northwest, what is the ground speed of the plane?
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ground speed =
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That's just an irritant. There's no reason to include that.
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Does the airspeed include the climb rate?
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Knots are used for airspeed and groundspeed.
Climb rate on the VSI is in feet/minute.
Wind is given in the direction it's from, also in knots.
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People who don't know that they're talking about should not write math books.