Question

An aeroplane flies at 600km h on a bearing of 90 degrees at an altitude where the wind is 100 km h blowing in a solution direction. Determine the aeroplane resultant velocity by means of accurate scale drawing

Answer 1

Explanation: You need to do this problem in respect to component velocities. Just use a vector and grab the magnitude using distance formula.

The components are Y=600, X=100

So the velocity vector is V> = sqrt(600^2+100^2) = 608.276253 in the direction (100, 600)