SOLUTION: When a plane flies with the wind, it can travel 2160 in 3 hours, When the plane flies against the wind it takes 4 hours to fly the same distance. Find the speed of the plane in sti

Question 808361: When a plane flies with the wind, it can travel 2160 in 3 hours, When the plane flies against the wind it takes 4 hours to fly the same distance. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When a plane flies with the wind, it can travel 2160 in 3 hours, When the plane flies against the wind it takes 4 hours to fly the same distance. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2 groundspeeds.
The windspeed is the difference betweeen airspeed and groundspeed.

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