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A plane flies 20 m/s directly south, and a 100 m/s wind is blowing east. Find the magnitude of the plane's resultant vector.

Round to the nearest tenth.

User Matyr
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Step-by-step explanation:

You can just use Pythagorean theorem to find the resultant mag

20^2 + 100^2 = R^2

mag of R = 102 m/s

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