A jet plane is traveling with a velocity of 720 kilometers/hour due north. There is a crosswind of 40 kilometers/hour from the east. Find the resultant velocity and the direction of the jet plane.

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You can supply this even more. |dw:1360615935858:dw| From here it is just a summation of vectors problem which in, this case, you can just use the pythagorean theorem. So the total velcoity of the plane is the value of the hypoteneuse. Which is $$z=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$$