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To a person travelling due east with a velocity V, the wind appears to blow from an angle `theta `North of east. When he starts travelling due North with a velocity 2V, the wind appears to blow from an Angle `beta ` North east find the time direction of wind.

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` alpha ` west of south and tan ` alpha = (1 + 2 cot theta)/( 2 + tan theta)`
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