You are traveling on an airplane. The velocity of the plane with respect to the air is 150 m/s due east. The velocity of the air with respect to the ground is 37 m/s at an angle of 30° west of due north.

What is the heading of the plane with respect to the ground? (Let 0° represent due north, 90° represents due east)

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You are traveling on an airplane. The velocity of the plane with respect to the air is 150 m/s due east. The velocity of the air with respect to the ground is 37 m/s at an angle of 30° west of due north.

What is the heading of the plane with respect to the ground? (Let 0° represent due north, 90° represents due east)

anonymous · Answer

Obviously a vector problem but a little lost on strategy..

anonymous · Answer

Never mind. i figured it out. 

It is 76.3055 degrees. Thanks for being a waste of time OpenStudy!

anonymous · Answer

And you got it right. Well done. The Physics forum is a bit slow to respond when there are not many people on line.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, didn't mean to be so negative. It is a great website. I was a little flustered that day.