A plane is heading due west and climbing at the rate of 80 km/hr. If its airspeed is 540 km/hr and there is a wind blowing 80 km/hr to the northwest, what is the ground speed of the plane?

599.245km/hr

Explanation:

A plane is heading due west and climbing at the rate of 80 km/hr. If its airspeed is 540 km/hr and there is a wind blowing 80 km/hr to the northwest, what is the ground speed of the plane?

We solve the above question using vectors

In vector form Air speed is -540i + 0j Wind speed is (-80/√2)i + (80/√2)j

Vector notation wind speed is given as: -56.5685 i + 56.5685j

The vector for the ground speed of the plane =

-540i + 0j -56.5685i + 56.5685j

= -596.56854249i + 56.5685j

The the ground speed of the plane √[(596.56854249)² + (56.5685)²]

= √359094.021081 km/hr

= 599.24454197 km/hr

Approximately

= 599.245km/hr

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russian is not my first language, so i'm afraid i can't write out an answer in russian, but hopefully you can find a way to do so. here's my best translation of the problem: you're given a plot of a particle's position in one-dimensional space over time, and you're asked to find either the total distance traveled by the particle after 6 seconds had elapsed, or the total displacement of the particle after 6 seconds.

if you want the total distance traveled, you would first need to determine the particle's velocity as a function of time, then integrate that over the 6-second interval. we know the position function is quadratic with roots at 0 and 6, so we have

where is unknown. because the position is parabolic, there is symmetry about the midpoint at , and we know that

so that the position function is

which means the velocity is

then the total distance traveled is

so the total distance traveled is 20 m.

on the other hand, if you want to find displacement: the particle starts at and ends at , so its displacement is 0.