Motion of an Airplane#
A small plane flies 38 km in a direction 26 degrees south of east and then flies 65 km in a direction 35 degrees north of east.
Part 1#
Find the total distance the plane covers from the starting point and the direction of the path to the final position.
Answer Section#
89.8 km in a direction 13.3 degrees north of east.
89.8 km in a direction 13.3 degrees south of east.
8064.0 km in a direction 13.3 degrees north of east.
8064.0 km in a direction 13.3 degrees south of east.
89.8 km in a direction 89.8 degrees south of east.
Attribution#
Problem is from the OpenStax University Physics Volume 1 textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.