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To a person travelling due east with a velocity V, the wind appears to blow from an angle `theta` North to 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+2cot theta)/(2+tan theta)`
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