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A Plane has an airspeed of 500 kmph due north. A Wind blows at 100 km/h from east to west. Draw a vector diagram to calculate the resultant velocity of the plan Give The direction of travel of the plane with respect to north.

Important Questions on Kinematics: Describing Motion

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A Plane has an airspeed of 500 kmph due north. A Wind blows at 100 km/h from east to west. Draw a vector diagram to

The plane lies for 15 min. Calculate the displacement of the plane in this time.

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A small aircraft for one is used for a short horizontal flight. On its journey from  A to B, the resultant velocity is 15 ms-1in a direction 60° east of north and the wind velocity is 7.5 ms-1due north. Show that for the aircraft to travel from A to B it should point due east.

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HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A small aircraft for one is used for a short horizontal flight. On its journey from  A to B, the resultant velocity is 15 ms-1in a direction 60° east of north and the wind velocity is 7.5 ms-1due north.

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After flying 5 km from A to B, the aircraft return along the same path from B to A with a resultant velocity of 13.5 ms-1 assuming that the time spent at B is negligible, calculate the average speed for the complete journey from A to B and back to A.