SOLUTION: An airplane is heading due north at 260 mph. a 16 mph window blows from the east. what is the ground speed and direction of the plane
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Question 1140658: An airplane is heading due north at 260 mph. a 16 mph window blows from the east. what is the ground speed and direction of the plane
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane is heading due north at 260 mph. a 16 mph window blows from the east. what is the ground speed and direction of the plane.
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The wind is blowing 90 degrees from the heading, we can solve this using a right triangle. The hypotenuse (h) will be the effective speed and direction.
h =
h = 260.5 mph is the ground speed
find the angle (A) using the cosine
cos(A) = 260/260.5
A = 3.52 degrees west of north
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