SOLUTION: Flying with the wind, a small plan flew 300 miles in 2 hours. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 270 miles in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the plane in calm ai

Question 1103971: Flying with the wind, a small plan flew 300 miles in 2 hours. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 270 miles in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind. Show work.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Flying with the wind, a small plan flew 300 miles in 2 hours. Against the wind, the plane could fly only 270 miles in the same amount of time. Find the rate of the plane in calm air and the rate of the wind.
------------
Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average.
---
Windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.

RELATED QUESTIONS
Flying with the wind, a small plan flew 300 miles in 2 hours. Against the wind, the plane (answered by ewatrrr)

flying with the wind, a plane flew 420 miles in 3 hour. Against the wind, the plane could (answered by Alan3354)

Flying against he wind, a plane flew 420 miles in 3 hour. Against the wind, the plane... (answered by Alan3354)

A plane flies 300 miles with a tail wind in 1 hour. It takes the same plane 2 hours to... (answered by stanbon)

A small plane flew 1030 miles in 5 hours with the wind. Then on the return trip, flying... (answered by stanbon)

Joe flew 300 miles with the wind in two hours. After flying against the wind for two... (answered by scott8148)

A jet plane flying with the wind flew 2400 miles in 4 hours. Against the wind, the plane... (answered by rapaljer,mananth,Alan3354)

Flying with the wind, a plane flew 1000 miles in 4 hours. Flying against the wind, the... (answered by checkley77)

flying with the wind, a plane flew 1000 miles in 5 hours. Flying against the wind, the... (answered by checkley77)