An airplane is flying in the direction 25 west of northat 800 km / h. Find the component form of the velocity of the airplane,assuming that the positive x-axis represents due east and thepositive y-axis represents due north.

An airplane is flying in the direction 25 west of northat 800 km / h. Find the component form of the velocity of the airplane,assuming that the positive x-axis represents due east and thepositive y-axis represents due north.

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An airplane is flying in the direction 25 west of north
at 800 km / h. Find the component form of the velocity of the airplane,
assuming that the positive x-axis represents due east and the
positive y-axis represents due north.

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