HW 8.7b - Vectors

Super G² is flying at a speed of 500 mph at a heading of 135 degrees. A soh-cah-toa flaps its wings and that wind from the birds wings is blowing from due north at 50 mph. Find the ground speed. Round to the nearest hundredth.

Super G² is flying at a speed of 500 mph at a heading of 135 degrees. A soh-cah-toa flaps its wings and that wind from the birds wings is blowing from due north at 50 mph. Find the direction as a heading. Round to the nearest hundredth.

A football has been thrown at the speed of 200 mph at the angle of 60 degrees. The wind is blowing from due north at 50 mph. Find the direction rounding to the nearest degree using the available options: ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• N
• 49°
• E
• S
• W
• 50°
• 68°
• 71°
• 54°
• 64°

A football has been thrown at the speed of 200 mph at the angle of 60 degrees. The wind is blowing from due north at 50 mph. Find the magnitude and round to the nearest whole number.

A soh-cah-toa soars gracefully at a constant speed of 1 mile per hour at a heading of N 45 E. There is a wind of 1 mph due north. Find the speed and round to the nearest tenth.

A soh-cah-toa soars gracefully at a constant speed of 1 mile per hour at a heading of N 45 E. There is a wind of 1 mph due north. Find the direction by using the options below: ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​

• N
• 73.7
• E
• S
• W
• 74.8
• 61.3
• 71.4
• 65.5
• 67.8

Jeremias rides his Jeremobile across a bridge at a constant speed of 100 mph on a heading of N 45 E. There is a wind blowing 500 mph south. Find the objects ground speed and round to the nearest tenth.

Jeremias rides his Jeremobile across a bridge at a constant speed of 100 mph on a heading of N 45 E. There is a wind blowing 500 mph south. Use the options below to find the direction:

​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• S
• 9.4
• E
• W
• N
• 8.3
• 9.8
• 7.6
• 8.8
• 10.9

An airplane is zooming at a constant speed of 300 miles per hour on a heading of 18.718°. There is a 24 mile per hour wind blowing from due north. Find the airplane ground speed.

The ground speed is​ ​ (a)   mph and the direction is N ​ (b)   E

• 277
• 69.69
• 283
• 262
• 269
• 68.33
• 71.52
• 70.33
• 67.12
• 274

A hat blowing in the wind flies at a constant speed of 900 miles per hour on a bearing/heading of 359 degrees. There is a 5000 mile per hour wind blowing South. The hat's ground speed to the nearest hundredth is ​ (a)   mph and the direction as a heading is ​ (b)  

• 4100.17
• 89.78°
• 4230.52
• 4067.92
• 4032.77
• 91.22°
• 90.23°
• 88.67°
• 89.22°
• 4129.33