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Question 1046450: A plane traveling with the wind travels 1100 miles in 5 hours. The return trip is against the wind and takes 11 hours. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind.
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A plane traveling with the wind travels 1100 miles in 5 hours. The return trip is against the wind and takes 11 hours. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind.
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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 is the difference between groundspeed and airspeed.

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