A plane is flying with an airspeed of 180 miles per hour and heading 150°. The wind currents are running at 30 miles per hour at 160° clockwise from due north. Use vectors to find the true course and ground speed of the plane. mi/hr with heading °

A plane is flying with an airspeed of 180 miles per hour and heading 150°. The wind currents are running at 30 miles per hour at 160° clockwise from due north. Use vectors to find the true course and ground speed of the plane. mi/hr with heading °

Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

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mi/hr with heading °

Quantities that have magnitude and direction but not position. Some examples of vectors are velocity, displacement, acceleration, and force. They are sometimes called Euclidean or spatial vectors.

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