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An airplane traveling to the northwest is exerting just enough force to overcome wind resistance. It encounters a sudden wind gust which is directed at 30 degrees south of east, which results in a net force in that direction.
During the half-second before the pilot has time to react to the gust, does the airplane speed up, slow down or maintain constant (or very nearly-constant) speed?
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According to the direction of the plane and that of the wind, the two are basically opposing one another. Since the gust will be a stronger force than the output of the plane, the plane should slow down.
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Does it veer a bit to the right, a bit to the left or does it continue traveling along a straight line?
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A Northwest direction is about 135 degrees, the original path of the plane. The wind gust is 30 degrees south of east, or 330 degrees from the positive x-axis. The direction 180 degrees from the plane, or exactly opposite, is 135 degrees + 180 degrees = 315 degrees which is 15 degrees different than the wind gust. If you subtracted 180 from 330 degrees you have 150 degrees which is blowing in to the right of the plane. With the degrees given, we can see that the wind will cause the airplane to veer towards the right.
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