4. A plane is traveling eastward at an airspeed of 500km/h. But a 90 km/h wind is blowing southward. What are the direction and speed of the plane relative to the ground?

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4. A plane is traveling eastward at an airspeed of 500km/h. But a 90 km/h wind is
blowing southward. What are the direction and speed of the plane relative to the ground?
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