A plane travels due north with a velocity of 50 m/s and the qind blows due north east 30 degrees at a velocity of 20 m/s find the magnitude and direction of the planes velocity relative to the ground
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A plane travels due north with a velocity of 50 m/s and the qind blows due north east 30 degrees at a velocity of 20 m/s find the magnitude and direction of the planes velocity relative to the ground
Its nothing but the resultant of those two velocity vectors which are separated by 30 degrees.
resultant^2 = 50^2 + 30^2 + 2(30)(50)cos30
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