You are on an airplane traveling 30° south of due west at 150.0 m/s with respect to the air. The air is moving with a speed 36.0 m/s with respect to the ground due north.
1) What is the speed of the plane with respect to the ground? I found 134.8 m/s
2) What is the heading of the plane with respect to the ground? (Let 0° represent due north, 90° represents due easth).
?? ° East of due North

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You are on an airplane traveling 30° south of due west at 150.0 m/s with respect to the air. The air is moving with a speed 36.0 m/s with respect to the ground due north.
1) What is the speed of the plane with respect to the ground? I found 134.8 m/s 
2) What is the heading of the plane with respect to the ground? (Let 0° represent due north, 90° represents due easth).
?? ° East of due North

noelgreco · Answer

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noelgreco · Answer

I got 135.6, but the difference is just a rounding error.

Take the 129.9 due east vector, the net 39 due south vector and add to get the heading.

anonymous · Answer

can you please show all the steps thank you

noelgreco · Answer

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