Homework Help: Vector Calculus

Posted by Melissa on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 1:05am.

An airplane is traveling in the direction 20degrees west of north at 700 km/hr. Find the component form of velocity of the airplane assuming that the positive x-axis represents due east and the positive y-axis represents due north.

Vector Calculus - drwls, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 5:23am
Vx = -700 sin20 = -239.4 km/h
Vy = 700 cos20 = +657.8 km/h

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