SOLUTION: Plane flies at a constant speed of 600 miles / hour at a bearing of N 55 E. There is a 50 miles/h crosswind blowing east . what are the planes actual speed and direction?

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Question 717628: Plane flies at a constant speed of 600 miles / hour at a bearing of N 55 E. There is a 50 miles/h crosswind blowing east . what are the planes actual speed and direction?
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Plane flies at a constant speed of 600 miles / hour at a bearing of N 55 E. There is a 50 miles/h crosswind blowing east . what are the planes actual speed and direction?
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Wind directions are given as the direction they're from.
People writing math books don't seem to know much.
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Is it blowing from the east? Or to the east.