An airplane is heading north at an airspeed of 500 km/hr, but there is a wind blowing from the southwest at 30 km/hr. The plane will end up flying degrees off course The plane's speed relative to the ground will be km/hr

An airplane is heading north at an airspeed of 500 km/hr, but there is a wind blowing from the southwest at 30 km/hr. The plane will end up flying degrees off course The plane's speed relative to the ground will be km/hr

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section6.3: Relative Velocity

Problem 30PP

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An airplane is heading north at an airspeed of 500 km/hr, but there is a wind blowing from the southwest at
30 km/hr.
The plane will end up flying
degrees off course
The plane's speed relative to the ground will be
km/hr

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