SOLUTION: Flying to Baltimore with a tailwind a plane averaged 134 mph. On the return trip the plane only averaged 108 mph while flying back into the same wind. What is the speed of the wind

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Question 1131548: Flying to Baltimore with a tailwind a plane averaged 134 mph. On the return trip the plane only averaged 108 mph while flying back into the same wind. What is the speed of the wind? How fast would the plane go if there were no wind?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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The plane's groundspeed is the average of the speed upwind and downwind.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.

Answer by ikleyn(52793) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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On  "tailwind and headwind"  word problems,  see the lessons
    - Wind and Current problems
    - Wind and Current problems solvable by quadratic equations
    - Selected problems from the archive on a plane flying with and against the wind
in this site.


Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the section "Word problems",  the topic "Travel and Distance problems".


Save the link to this online textbook together with its description

Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson

to your archive and use it when it is needed.