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? (Use the graphical method to answer and include your scale on the graph paper.) Give both the magnitude and the angle in your answer.

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anonymous · Answer

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What is the length of the hypotenuse?

anonymous · Answer

Also, what is the angle of the hypotenuse as a compass bearing? (i.e. clockwise from 0 degrees)

anonymous · Answer

It dont  tell me??

anonymous · Answer

You have to work it out :P

Addition of two perpendicular vectors is exactly the same as working out sides on a right-angled triangle (as far as the magnitudes are concerned, anyway)

Do you know how to get the hypotenuse (long side) of a right-angled triangle?

anonymous · Answer

yes thank you