Question

If an airplane is flying directly north at 300.0 km/h, and a crosswind is hitting the airplane at 50.0 km/h from the east, what is the airplane's resultant velocity?

Answer 1

can you draw a pic?

Answer 2

is that wind coming from the east?

Answer 3

i should make the arrow pointing to the left?

Answer 4

i think so

Answer 5

so to keep traveling in a straight line the plane must be flying along that diagonal right?

Answer 6

i think soooo. i did the pythagorean theory. and i got 304 for the hype

Answer 7

right so that is the magnitude

Answer 8

how do i find the velocity?

Answer 9

well all you need now is the angle

Answer 10

\[\tan\theta=\frac{\text{opposite side}}{\text{adjacent side}}\]