Motion of an Airplane#
A small plane flies 34 km in a direction 68 degrees north of east and then flies 47 km in a direction 25 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#
75.5 km in a direction 42.9 degrees north of east.
75.5 km in a direction 42.9 degrees south of east.
5702.4 km in a direction 42.9 degrees north of east.
5702.4 km in a direction 42.9 degrees south of east.
75.5 km in a direction 89.3 degrees south of east.
Attribution#
Problem is from the OpenStax University Physics Volume 1 textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.