SOLUTION: With a tailwind plane travelled 480km in 4 hours. But the return trip against the same wind took 2 hours longer. What is the plane's airspeed?

SOLUTION: With a tailwind plane travelled 480km in 4 hours. But the return trip against the same wind took 2 hours longer. What is the plane's airspeed?

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Question 628809: With a tailwind plane travelled 480km in 4 hours. But the return trip against the same wind took 2 hours longer. What is the plane's airspeed?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With a tailwind plane travelled 480km in 4 hours. But the return trip against the same wind took 2 hours longer. What is the plane's airspeed?
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Airspeed is the average of the 2 groundspeeds.

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