Airplane Flight Time Calculation with Prevailing Wind and Air Speed

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Homework Statement


heres the question: An island is located 900km (North 30 degrees east). The weather office informs him of a prevailing wind from the west of 80km/h. If the pilot wasnt to maintain and air speed of 300km/h, how long will the flight take?


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Well, you should start by looking at some formulas that could be useful such as [tex]t=\frac{d}{v}[/tex], and the soh cah toa ratios.
 
It would also be helpful if you drew yourself a vector diagram.