Vector Addition - Grade 12 part 3

[smittyj]

Homework Statement

A new pilot with Canjet is asked to find the resultant displacement of his jet if it flies at 345km/h @ 225 degrees into a wind that is blowing at 40km/h from the West. Use the 'construction line' method, components method, AND law of sines and cosines.

Homework Equations

Law of sines, law of cosines, trig functions

The Attempt at a Solution

Lame attempt.

 

[JaredJames]

Can you show your attempt please as per PF guidelines.

It may help you to consider drawing a freebody diagram and resolving all the forces.

 

[hologramANDY]

Try drawing both vectors from the same origin. If you connect the heads with a line, you will have a triangle, from which you can apply the trig stuff.