An airplane has an airspeed of 410 kilometers per hour bearing N45°E. The wind velocity is 70 kilometers per hour in the direction N30 W. Find the resultant vector representing the path of the plane relative to the ground. What is the ground speed of the plane? What is its direction? What is the actual ground speed of the aircraft? kilometers per hour (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)

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An airplane has an airspeed of 410 kilometers per hour bearing N45°E. The wind velocity is 70 kilometers per hour in
the direction N30 W. Find the resultant vector representing the path of the plane relative to the ground. What is the
ground speed of the plane? What is its direction?
What is the actual ground speed of the aircraft?
kilometers per hour
(Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)
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Transcribed Image Text:W Question 25, Part 1 of 2 An airplane has an airspeed of 410 kilometers per hour bearing N45°E. The wind velocity is 70 kilometers per hour in the direction N30 W. Find the resultant vector representing the path of the plane relative to the ground. What is the ground speed of the plane? What is its direction? What is the actual ground speed of the aircraft? kilometers per hour (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.) ***
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