A jet airline moving initially at 300 mi/h due east enters a region where the wind is blowing at 100 mi/h in a

Question

A jet airline moving initially at 300 mi/h due east enters a region where the wind is blowing at 100 mi/h in a direction 30.0 degrees north of east. What is the new velocity of the aircraft relative to the ground?

Answer 1

Sounds like homework !

I suggest you look up vector mathematics via text book or the internet and see how to solve these problems.

Have a look at wikipedia here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_%28spatial%29

Most of these can be solved by adding the vectors (a bit of geometry could be useful)

Good luck !

Answer 2

Draw a picture and solve the triangles for vector math.

due east = 300 + 100 * cos(30) = 386.6
due north = 100 * sin(30) = 50

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

c^2 = (386.6)^2 + 50^2 = 151,961
c = 389 mph

Answer 3

it stays the same coz its got sheilds. The sheilds prevent bad influences of wind shear..

Answer 4

it's not moving at all, it's been blown into the side of a mountain...