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An airplane needs to head due north, but there is a wind blowing from the southeast at 80 km/hr. The plane
flies at an airspeed of 600 km/hr,
To end up due north, the pilot will need to fly the plane
degrees east of
north
Transcribed Image Text:An airplane needs to head due north, but there is a wind blowing from the southeast at 80 km/hr. The plane flies at an airspeed of 600 km/hr, To end up due north, the pilot will need to fly the plane degrees east of north
Let ä = (– 4, – 2) and b = (- 8, – 8). Compute the dot product.
Transcribed Image Text:Let ä = (– 4, – 2) and b = (- 8, – 8). Compute the dot product.
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