Hiya, explaining vectors
Here’s the problem: Jess is in a plane headed straight south to Florida at a velocity of 100 m/s ( meters per second ) A tailwind, traveling south, pushes the plane 13 m/s. In what direction and with what speed will Jess’s plane be traveling? So. Drawing an arrow down ( since its south ) 100 m/s and the 13 m/s, they are the same direction, so the end result is south. We add them together. Then the end result is the total of the two, so the plane goes faster since the wind is pushing it. THe answer to this problem is that the plane is moving south at the speed of 113 meters per second going south. If the wind is opposite, then its obviously pushing it back. When the two directions are opposite, you draw the arrows opposite of eachother. You subtract the direction with more force from the direction with less force. Whatever direction has more force will be the direction the end result is going. for example, plane is going 20 m/s south and wind is pushing 15 m/s north, you subtract 20-15, then you see the plane is really only traveling 5 meters per second, still south. If the plane travelled 15 m/s south and the wind was pushing 20 m/s north, then subtracting the same thing, but then the plane is actually traveling 5 meters per second NORTH. I did this during school, haha, so I had to stop But if I ever decide to do this again, I’ll explain the other half. Also this is probably really easy but idk, just something fun to learn. I only showed y’all the easy parts, it gets harder ehehehe So yeah, also this could be more complex but this is what I have in my knowledge from a Physics class :P Good day to y’all’s
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