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An airplane is headed on a bearing of 159° at an airspeed of 211 km per hr. A 44 km per hr wind is blowing from a direction of 2360. Find the groundspeed and resulting bearing of the plane. The groundspeed is km per hr. (Round to the nearest integer as needed.)

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Answer:

The ground speed is 189Kmph

The bearing 162.37 degrees

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An airplane is headed on a bearing of 159° at an airspeed of 211 km per hr. A 44 km-example-1
An airplane is headed on a bearing of 159° at an airspeed of 211 km per hr. A 44 km-example-2
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