An airplane needs to head due north, but there is a wind blowing from the northeast at 50 km/hr. The plane flies at an airspeed of 600 km/hr, To end up due north, the pilot will need to fly the plane degrees east of north Round your answer to at least one decimal place if needed.

An airplane needs to head due north, but there is a wind blowing from the northeast at 50 km/hr. The plane flies at an airspeed of 600 km/hr, To end up due north, the pilot will need to fly the plane degrees east of north Round your answer to at least one decimal place if needed.

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An airplane needs to head due north, but there is a wind blowing from the northeast at 50 km/hr. The
plane flies at an airspeed of 600 km/hr,
To end up due north, the pilot will need to fly the plane
degrees east of
north
Round your answer to at least one decimal place if needed.

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