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Flight engineers need to calculate how they will get from one place to another. Sounds simple yet they have to take in account their speed, distance, and direction along with the speed and direction of wind. Wind plays an important role in how and when a plane will arrive where it is needed to. this dilemma is solved using vectors to create triangle using trig to solve. More study in the feild of physics and trig will provide more knowledge to this concept. Basically if there is a plane travels 234 mph, 45 degrees N of E, and there is a wind blowing due south at 20 mph. Trigonometry will help to solve for that third side of your triangle to solve where the plane will actually travel with the force of wind added on to its course.

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