SOLUTION: an airplane can fly 500 miles in 2 hours when flying with the wind. the same journey takes 4 hours against the wind. find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane.

Question 1102144: an airplane can fly 500 miles in 2 hours when flying with the wind. the same journey takes 4 hours against the wind. find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
an airplane can fly 500 miles in 2 hours when flying with the wind. the same journey takes 4 hours against the wind. find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane.
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Find the 2 groundspeeds.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.

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