SOLUTION: Flying against the wind, an airplane travels 6160 kilometers in 7 hours. Flying with the wind, the same plane travels 6600 kilometers in 5 hours. What is the rate of the plane in s

Question 1188779: Flying against the wind, an airplane travels 6160 kilometers in 7 hours. Flying with the wind, the same plane travels 6600 kilometers in 5 hours. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Flying against the wind, an airplane travels 6160 kilometers in 7 hours. Flying with the wind, the same plane travels 6600 kilometers in 5 hours. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, downwind and upwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average to the 2.
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The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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