(a) Use your knowledge of bearing, heading, and true course to sketch a diagram that will help you solve the problem. A plane is flying with an airspeed of 190 miles per hour and heading 135°. The wind currents are running at 35 miles per hour at 170° clockwise from due north. Use vectors to find the true course and ground speed of the plane. (Round your answers to the nearest ten for the speed and to the nearest whole number for the angle.) blank mi/hr? with blank? heading °
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Use your knowledge of bearing, heading, and true course to sketch a diagram that will help you solve the problem.
A plane is flying with an airspeed of 190 miles per hour and heading 135°. The wind currents are running at 35 miles per hour at 170° clockwise from due north. Use vectors to find the true course and ground speed of the plane. (Round your answers to the nearest ten for the speed and to the nearest whole number for the angle.)
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(b) Two planes leave an airport at the same time. Their speeds are 90 miles per hour and 100 miles per hour, and the angle between their courses is 36°. How far apart are they after 1.5 hours? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
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