Posted by bre on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 2:31pm.
make your sketch to get a right-angled triangle with sides 11 and 2.
The hypotenuse will be your resultant:
r^2 = 2^2 + 11^2 = 125
r = √125 = 5√3 or appr 11.18 mph
tanØ = 2/11
Ø = 10.3°
so it have a bearing of W 10.3° S
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