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OpenStudy (anonymous):

You are on an airplane traveling 30° south of due west at 160.0 m/s with respect to the air. The air is moving with a speed 41.0 m/s with respect to the ground due north.

OpenStudy (shane_b):

What's the question?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1) What is the speed of the plane with respect to the ground?

OpenStudy (barrycarter):

Hint: vector subtraction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2) 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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