Question

An airplane flies at 400 mph with a direction of 120° relative to the air. The plane experiences a wind that blows 40 mph with a direction of 50°.Part A: Write each of the vectors in linear form. Show all necessary calculations. (6 points)

Answer 1

The given situation can be illustrated as follow:

v1 vector represents the motion of the airplane and v2 represents the direction of the wind. Consider that each component of the given vector, that is, x and y components are calculated as follow: