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A glider moving with a speed of 200 kilometers/hour experiences a cross wind of 30 kilometers/hour. What is the resultant speed of the glider relative to the ground?

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202 km

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User Stytown
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You didn't say so, but we must assume that the "200 km/hr" is
the glider's air-speed, that is, speed relative to the air.

If the air itself is moving at 30 km/hr relative to the ground and
across the glider's direction, then the glider's speed relative to
the ground is

√(200² + 30²)

= √(40,000 + 900)

= √(40,900) = 202.24... km/hr (rounded)
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