An airplane flying at a speed of 200 mi/hr flies from a point A in the direction 155° for 1 hour and then flies in the direction 65° for 1 hour.

(a) In what direction does the plane need to fly in order to get back to point A?

(b) How long will it take to get back to point A?

Question

An airplane flying at a speed of 200 mi/hr flies from a point A in the direction 155° for 1 hour and then flies in the direction 65° for 1 hour.

(a) In what direction does the plane need to fly in order to get back to point A?
  

(b) How long will it take to get back to point A?

anonymous · Answer

i got the answers for this one
thanks

radar · Answer

For the aviation world,  0 degrees is due north.  For this problem you would use vector addition possibly converting to the normal degree notation after the addition.  Calculate the distance and direction needed to return to A|dw:1340937884067:dw|