A plane flies at an airspeed of 234 km/h. A wind is blowing at 75 km/h toward the direction 60° east of north. (a) In what direction should the plane head in order to fly due north relative to the ground? • west of north (b) What is the speed of the plane relative to the ground? km/h

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A plane flies at an airspeed of 234 km/h. A wind is blowing at 75 km/h toward the direction 60° east of north.
(a) In what direction should the plane head in order to fly due north relative to the ground?
|• west of north
(b) What is the speed of the plane relative to the ground?
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