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the average speed in still air of a certain plane is 500 km/h. with a constant wind blowing, the plane takes 4 1/6 hour to fly 1040 km into the wind and then re
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the average speed in still air of a certain plane is 500 km/h. with a constant wind blowing, the plane takes 4 1/6 hour to fly 1040 km into the wind and then return the same distance. what is the speed of the wind?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = wind speed in km/hr
= speed of the plane flying into the wind
= speed of the plane flying with the wind
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Flying into the wind:
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This seems too high for wind speed.
I'll check it:
OK
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