SOLUTION: An airplane took 3hrs to fly 1800 miles against a headwind. The return trip with the wind took 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Question 370143: An airplane took 3hrs to fly 1800 miles against a headwind. The return trip with the wind took 2 hours. 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!
The "speed in still air" is the airspeed.
It's the average of the 2 groundspeeds.
The windspeed is the difference between the airspeed and the groundspeed.
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