SOLUTION: An airplane takes
3
3 hours to travel a distance of
1920
1920 miles with the wind. The return trip takes
4
4 hours against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still a
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Question 1147925: An airplane takes
3
3 hours to travel a distance of
1920
1920 miles with the wind. The return trip takes
4
4 hours against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, Alan3354:
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An airplane takes 3 hours to travel a distance of 1920 miles with the wind. The return trip takes 4 hours against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airplane takes
3
3 hours to travel a distance of
1920
1920 miles with the wind. The return trip takes
4
4 hours against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Find the 2 groundspeeds.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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