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When a motorist is driving with velocity `8hatj`, the wind appears to blow in the direction `phati`. When he halves his velocity the wind appears to blow in the direction `p(hati+hatj)`. Then find the true velocity of the wind expressed in the form of `ahati+bhatj`.

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`(4hati+8hatj)`
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