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    How Do Planes Calculate Relative Velocities?

    At the very end of my post I meant to say 63.3615 and 26.6385 degrees; it was a typo.
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    How Do Planes Calculate Relative Velocities?

    Homework Statement Two airplanes taxi as they approach the terminal. Plane 1 taxies with a speed of 13.4 m/s due north. Plane 2 taxies with a speed of 6.2 m/s in a direction 18.8° north of west. (a) What are the direction and magnitude of the velocity of plane 1 relative to plane 2? (b)...
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