Answer to Question #145843 in Physics for Muhammad Anas

Question

On March 8th, 2014, Flight 370 of Malaysia, took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport with speed of 919km/h. It was heading towards Beijing (Suppose China is in west of Malaysia). It took 90 degree turn towards right and then took the turn towards north east and vanished in the ocean.

Consider that it was travelling with constant velocity.

a) Find the resultant vector.

b) Total time of flight was 38 minutes, find the distance covered by the plane.

Answer 1

a)

$$v=919\frac{km}{h}$$

b)

$$s=vt=(919)\frac{38}{60}=582\ km$$