An airplane flies 3 km due north from one city to another. Its airspeed is 132 m/s and a constant wind blows at 42.7 m/s directly west during the flight. How many degrees east of north, 0, must the pilot point the plane so that it moves due north over the ground? 0 =

An airplane flies 3 km due north from one city to another. Its airspeed is 132 m/s and a constant wind blows at 42.7 m/s directly west during the flight. How many degrees east of north, 0, must the pilot point the plane so that it moves due north over the ground? 0 =

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An airplane flies 3 km due north from one city to
another. Its airspeed is 132 m/s and a constant
wind blows at 42.7 m/s directly west during the
flight.
How many degrees east of north, 0, must the pilot
point the plane so that it moves due north over
the ground?
0 =

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