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A plane is heading due south with an airspeed of 231 mph. A wind from a direction of 53.0° is blowing at 12.0 mph. Find the bearing of the plane. (Note that bearings are measured from north, clockwise.) Round results to an appropriate number of significant digits.

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We compute the bearing of a plane with given air velocity and wind velocity.

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