SOLUTION: a plane takes 6 hours to fly from san francisco to new york, and 5 hours to return back. the airplane's airspeed is 550 miles per hour, from new york to san francisco. the reason w

Question 49406: a plane takes 6 hours to fly from san francisco to new york, and 5 hours to return back. the airplane's airspeed is 550 miles per hour, from new york to san francisco. the reason why it takes the airplane longer to go west than east is because of a wind with constant wind speed. what is the speed of wind?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
550*6=3300 MILES FROM NY TO SF. THUS 3300/5=660 MILES/HR.
ASSUMING THE WIND IS CONSTANT FOR BOTH FLIGHTS AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION
THE WIND SPEED IS (660-550)/2 OR 110/2 OR 55 MPH WIND
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