#Relative motion problem

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brave dagger
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Is my diagram for the situation correct?

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Here’s the problem: Here’s the problem: A plane needs to travel at a velocity of 125m/s [15° W of N] with reference to the ground to make it to its destination on time. Wind is blowing at a velocity of 45.5m/s [35.8° E of N] with reference to the ground. What velocity, with reference to the wind, must the plane travel?

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My diagram:

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I don’t need help solving for V or theta, I just want to know if that’s what I should be doing to answer the question

brave dagger
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It sucks because I had a question like that on a test but my one mistake was that I got 90-35.8 = 84.2 making me mess up the rest