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A paper airplane is thrown westward at a rate of 6 m/s. The wind is blowing at 8 m/s toward the north. What is the actual velocity of the airplane?

A paper airplane is thrown westward at a rate of 6 m/s. The wind is blowing at 8 m/s toward the north. What is the actual velocity of the airplane?
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A paper airplane is thrown westward at a rate of 6 m/s. The wind is blowing at 8 m/s toward the north. What is the actual velocity of the airplane?

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it should be 10 meters per second

User Tyshaun
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6^2 + 8^2 = 36 + 64 = 100

sqrt(100) = 10 m/s northwest
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