Vectors Homework Help: Finding Components and Distance of Airplane Velocity

[djunderseage]

Homework Statement

anybody who is good at physics i need your help

An airplane is traveling 755 km/h in a direction 41.5° west of north.

Find the components of the velocity vector in the northerly and westerly directions?

How far north and how far west has the plane traveled after 3.00 h?

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

i am not sure what formula to use to solve this

 

[phyzmatix]

Hint: When stuck, draw a picture.

From your sketch, decompose the vector into components using trig...Work from there to solve the problem.

Hope that helps.