Answer:
This above a triangle that models our situation.
Explanation:
We have a two componens., since we have a western componet and southern component. One travel in a southern direction. and the other travel in the west.
Let the component that travel in the south be the length of a.
According to the problem, the westard component is half of that so let that length be a/2.
Now we must find the angle of the wind in the South.
This means that what is angle that is opposite of the western componet because that angle is the most southward angle. So know we apply the tan property.
Our side opposite of the angle we trying to find is the western component and the side adjacent to it is the southern component. Also remeber since western and Southern negative displacements, we have
Now we take the arctan or inverse tan of 1/2.
