An airplane is flying at an airspeed of 345 km/h on a heading of 040 degrees. The wind is blowing at 18 km/h from a bearing of 087 degrees. Determine the ground velocity of the airplane. Include a diagram in your solution.

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anonymous · Answer

@MarissaG do you know what 'bearing' means here?

marissag · Answer

Sorry, it's supposed to say "345 km/h on a heading of 040 degrees"

anonymous · Answer

Now can you make the diagram of airplane velocity vetor and wind velocity vector.

marissag · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

$$v_{pg}=v_{pa}+v_{ag}$$ All in vector form,

marissag · Answer

I don't understand what you mean