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If an electric train is moving north at 100mph and the wind is blowing to the west at 10mph, which way does the smoke blow?

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If an electric train is moving north at 100mph and the wind is blowing to the west at 10mph, which way does the smoke blow?

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combining the velocity vectors

angle whose tangent is 10/100 = 0.1

angle whose tan is 0.1 north west

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