A model airplane is flying horizontally due east at 10 mi/hr when it encounters a horizontal crosswind

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A model airplane is flying horizontally due east at 10 mi/hr when it encounters a horizontal crosswind blowing south at 5 mi/hr and an updraft blowing vertically upward at 5 mi/hr.

a. Find the position vector that represents the velocity of the plane relative to the ground.

b. Find the speed of the plane relative to the ground.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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