Solve the problem.An airplane has an air speed of 550 miles per hour bearing N30°W. The wind velocity is 50 kilometers per hour in the direction N30°E. Find the resultant vector (with exact components) representing the path of the plane relative to the ground. To the nearest tenth, what is the ground speed of the plane? What is its direction?

What will be an ideal response?


-250i + 300j; 576.6 mph; N25.7°W

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