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Two pilots, Reginald and Esmeralda, sit in their respective airplanes at a small airstrip on the plains of Nebraska. Esmeralda owns a lovely egg-shell blue, single engine Cesena with a top speed of 275 mph. Reginald, the daredevil that he is, flies a bright red, twin-engine Beechcraft with a top speed of 350 mph. They are both planning on flying up to the buzzing metropolis of Bismarck, ND for an evening of fun and frivolity. The trip is 450 miles due north of their current location. Esmeralda, always the cautious one, has checked the weather report and has learned that the jet stream is blowing east at a brisk 160 mph. Just as they are both about to take off, Reginald challenges Esmeralda to race to Bismarck. They take off at 5:37 PM, but Reginald flies due north while Esmeralda, having done her Physics, heads in a direction that she believes will take her resultant displacement due north.
1. In what direction should Esmeralda head?
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2. At what time will she arrive in Bismarck?
Data / Equations / Math / Answer3. What is Reginald's resultant velocity?
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4. If there were no wind, how long would it take Reginald to get to Bismarck?
Data / Equations / Math / Answer5. How far, and in what direction away from Bismarck will he be at that time?
Data / Equations / Math / Answer6. At this point in time, Reginald looks down and doesn't see Bismarck beneath him. He realizes that he must make a correction to get to Bismarck. He makes the correction and heads to Bismarck, still hoping to beat Esmeralda. Does he?
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