Suppose a pilot flies 40.0 km in a direction 60 north of east and then flies 30.0

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Suppose a pilot flies 40.0 km in a direction 60° north of east and then flies 30.0 km in a direction 15° north of east as shown in Figure 3.58. Find her total distance R from the starting point and the direction θ of the straight-line path to the final position. Discuss qualitatively how this flight would be altered by a wind from the north and how the effect of the wind would depend on both wind speed and the speed of the plane relative to the air mass.

y B = 30 km B A = 40 km, A RA A = 60 88 = 15 R = ? 0=? A+B=R W N S X E

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