SOLUTION: Against the wind a commercial airline in South America flew 784 miles in 4 hours. With a tailwind the return trip took 3.5 hours. What was the speed of the plane in still​

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Question 1035329: Against the wind a commercial airline in South America flew 784 miles in 4 hours. With a tailwind the return trip took 3.5 hours. What was the speed of the plane in still​ air? What was the speed of the​ wind?
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Against the wind a commercial airline in South America flew 784 miles in 4 hours. With a tailwind the return trip took 3.5 hours. What was the speed of the plane in still​ air? What was the speed of the​ wind?
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The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
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Windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
Answer by ikleyn(52805)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Against the wind a commercial airline in South America flew 784 miles in 4 hours. With a tailwind the return trip took 3.5 hours.
What was the speed of the plane in still​ air? What was the speed of the​ wind?
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It is a typical "Wind and Current" word problem.

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