An airplane is heading north at an airspeed of 550 km/hr, but there is a wind blowing from the southwest at 50 km/hr. The plane will end up flying degrees off course The plane's speed relative to the ground will be km/hr

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An airplane is heading north at an airspeed of 550 km/hr, but there is a wind blowing from the southwest
at 50 km/hr.
The plane will end up flying
degrees off course
The plane's speed relative to the ground will be
km/hr
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