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tichca

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An airplane with an airspeed of 140 km/h has a heading of 50 west of north in a wind that is blowing toward the east at 25 km/h. What is the groundspeed of the plane?
 
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Question 2

There are no known exceptions to
 
  A) the law of conservation of energy.
  B) Newton's law of motion.
  C) Both of the above.
  D) Nonsense--all physical principles have known exceptions.



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Answer to Question 1

120 km/h

Answer to Question 2

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