SOLUTION: An airplane travelling at an airspeed of 500km/h and a heading of 225 degrees encounters a wind blowing at 40km/h from 180 degrees. Determine the airplane's velocity with respect t
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Question 1168650: An airplane travelling at an airspeed of 500km/h and a heading of 225 degrees encounters a wind blowing at 40km/h from 180 degrees. Determine the airplane's velocity with respect to the ground to the nearest degree and the nearest kilometre per hour.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane travelling at an airspeed of 500km/h and a heading of 225 degrees encounters a wind blowing at 40km/h from 180 degrees. Determine the airplane's velocity with respect to the ground to the nearest degree and the nearest kilometre per hour.
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It's a triangle.
One side is 500, the other is 40
The included angle is 45 degs.
Use the cosine law to find the 3rd side, then the Law of Sines.
