A pilot sets his airspeed to 500 km/h on a heading of North 65 degrees East . A strong wind is blowing 55 km/h in the direction of South 40 degrees East . Draw a position diagram to illustrate the word problem. Draw a vector diagram using the vectors in the problem to illustrate a vector representing the ground speed relative to earth.

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Chapter8: Applications Of Trigonometry
Section8.3: Vectors
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A pilot sets his airspeed to 500 km/h on a heading of North 65 degrees East . A strong wind is blowing 55 km/h in the direction of South 40 degrees East . Draw a position diagram to illustrate the word problem. Draw a vector diagram using the vectors in the problem to illustrate a vector representing the ground speed relative to earth.

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