SOLUTION: A crop dusting plane flies over a 1000m field spraying weed killer. Flying east, against the wind, it takes 40 seconds but flying west takes only 20 seconds. Find the speed of the

Question 1034242: A crop dusting plane flies over a 1000m field spraying weed killer. Flying east, against the wind, it takes 40 seconds but flying west takes only 20 seconds. Find the speed of the plane and the speed of the wind.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A crop dusting plane flies over a 1000m field spraying weed killer. Flying east, against the wind, it takes 40 seconds but flying west takes only 20 seconds. Find the speed of the plane and the speed of the wind.
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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 = difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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