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I have been stuck on this question for ages. I started off by saying that the plane 1 travelled had a velocity of v with an angle of theta to the horizontal, and then resolved vectors to find the magnitude of the net velocity across AC. What I am stuck on now is do I use the same velocity vector v that I defined earlier for the 2 other paths, or should I create 2 new velocity vectors for each path?

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by amamama0999
https://isaacphysics.org/questions/triangular_flying

I have been stuck on this question for ages. I started off by saying that the plane 1 travelled had a velocity of v with an angle of theta to the horizontal, and then resolved vectors to find the magnitude of the net velocity across AC. What I am stuck on now is do I use the same velocity vector v that I defined earlier for the 2 other paths, or should I create 2 new velocity vectors for each path?


You seem to be on the right track. 😊

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thanks, I got the answer now. ]

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