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Posted by Amber on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7:04am.

An airplane pilot tries to fly directly east with a velocity of 800.0 km/h. If wind comes from the southwest at 80.0 km/h, what is the relative velocity of the airplane to the surface of Earth?

• Physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7:25am

  Break up the SW wind into N and E, and add. the wind is blowing towards 80Cos45E+80Sin45N

  
  

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