SOLUTION: an airplane flies 1200 miles into the wind in 3 hours. the return trip takes 2 hours. find the speed of the airplane without a wind and then find the speed of the wind itself. usin

Question 949250: an airplane flies 1200 miles into the wind in 3 hours. the return trip takes 2 hours. find the speed of the airplane without a wind and then find the speed of the wind itself. using the substitution method.
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an airplane flies 1200 miles into the wind in 3 hours. the return trip takes 2 hours. find the speed of the airplane without a wind and then find the speed of the wind itself. using the substitution method.
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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Windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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