SOLUTION: Flying to Kampala with a tailwind a plane averaged 158km/h. On the return trip the plane only averaged 112km/h while flying back into the same wind. Find the speed of the wind and

Question 982573: Flying to Kampala with a tailwind a plane averaged 158km/h. On the return trip the plane only averaged 112km/h while flying back into the same wind. Find the speed of the wind and find the speed of the plane in still air.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Flying to Kampala with a tailwind a plane averaged 158km/h. On the return trip the plane only averaged 112km/h while flying back into the same wind. Find the speed of the wind and find the speed of the plane in still air
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, downwind and upwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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windspeed = difference between airspeed and groundspeed.

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