Homework Help: physics

Posted by jacob on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 9:39pm.

An airplane is flying with a speed of 240 km/hr at an angle of 27 degrees north of east.

a) How fast is the plane flying north?

b) How fast is the plane flying east?

physics - MathMate, Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 10:46pm
Resolve into the two directions.

For north, use Vsin(θ) and for east, use Vcos(θ).

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