Question: To avoid a storm, a pilot leaves airport A and flies at a bearing of 172. He travels for oneand one-half hours at a speed

 To avoid a storm, a pilot leaves airport A and flies
at a bearing of 172°. He travels for oneand one-half hours at

To avoid a storm, a pilot leaves airport A and flies at a bearing of 172°. He travels for oneand one-half hours at a speed of 650 mph. At the end of the one and one-half hours, the pilotchanges direction and flies at a bearing of 68° for two hours at the same speed. At the end ofthe two hours, he is at point B, and is now able to continue with a normal flight plan since hehas passed the storm. If there had been no storm, the pilot would have flown directly fromAirport A to point B.How much further did the plane have to travel because of the storm?b. What is the bearing of the normal flight plan (from A to B)?

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