-- A tornado follows a path that's a few miles wide, for a few hours.
Then it's all over.
-- A hurricane follows a path that's several hundred miles wide,
for a week or two, before it's over.
Then comes the rain, continuing on the same path, for another week.
Answer:
1500 mph
Explanation:
Take east to be +x and north to be +y.
The x component of the velocity is:
vₓ = 889 cos 0° + 830 cos 59°
vₓ = 1316.5 mph
The y component of the velocity is:
vᵧ = 889 sin 0° + 830 sin 59°
vᵧ = 711.4 mph
The speed is found with Pythagorean theorem:
v² = vₓ² + vᵧ²
v² = (1316.5 mph)² + (711.4 mph)²
v = 1496 mph
Rounded to two significant figures, the jet's speed relative to the ground is 1500 mph.
