A plane is flying at 560 mph with a bearing of 300°. A wind is blowing at 20 mph with a bearing of 200°. Find the ground speed and actual direction of the airplane.

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A plane is flying at 560 mph with a bearing of 300°. A wind is blowing at 20 mph with a bearing of 200°. Find the ground speed and actual
direction of the airplane.
(P.S. I think I rounded the ground speed incorrectly. Round your answer DOWN to the nearest hundredth..i.e. truncate an answer like
54.678 to 54.67, in this problem. Apologies)
Answer Attempt 1 out of 100
The ground speed of the airplane, to the nearest hundredth of a mph, is
hundredth of a degree, is degrees north of west.
. The actual direction of the plane, to the nearest
Transcribed Image Text:A plane is flying at 560 mph with a bearing of 300°. A wind is blowing at 20 mph with a bearing of 200°. Find the ground speed and actual direction of the airplane. (P.S. I think I rounded the ground speed incorrectly. Round your answer DOWN to the nearest hundredth..i.e. truncate an answer like 54.678 to 54.67, in this problem. Apologies) Answer Attempt 1 out of 100 The ground speed of the airplane, to the nearest hundredth of a mph, is hundredth of a degree, is degrees north of west. . The actual direction of the plane, to the nearest
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