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An airplane with an airspeed of 120 km/h encounters a
Chapter 3, Problem 99TAD(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
An airplane with an airspeed of 120 km/h encounters a 90-km/h crosswind. Convince your classmates that the plane’s groundspeed is 150 km/h.
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QUESTION:
An airplane with an airspeed of 120 km/h encounters a 90-km/h crosswind. Convince your classmates that the plane’s groundspeed is 150 km/h.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 4
We have given
The speed of the airplane
The speed of a wind is
We must prove that the plane's ground speed is .Because the wind affects an airplane sideways, the angle between the directions of the wind and airplane is .