Aplane flying from townsville, australia, has an air speed of 264 m/s in a direction 5.0° south of west. it is in the jet stream, which is blowing at 37 m/s in a direction 15° south of east. in this problem you are going to be asked about the velocity of the airplane relative to the earth.

Speed of plane is 300.5 m/s at angle of 6.22 degree South of West

Explanation:

Air speed of the plane is given as

v = 264 m/s in direction 5 degree South of West

So we have

Also we have speed of air is given as

v = 37 m/s at 15 degree South of West

so it is

So the net speed of plane with respect to ground is given as

so it is

direction is given as

compass can be used day and night, cloudy or sunny

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