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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.

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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 .

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