SOLUTION: An airplane travels 120 miles in 2 hours with the wind. The return trip against the wind takes 3 hours. What is the wind speed and the speed of the airplane in still air?

Question 1113161: An airplane travels 120 miles in 2 hours with the wind. The return trip against the wind takes 3 hours. What is the wind speed and the speed of the airplane in still air?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n airplane travels 1200 miles in 4 hours with the wind. The return trip against the wind takes 5 hours. What is the wind speed and the speed of the airplane in still air?
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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 = the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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