SOLUTION: An aircraft flies due east with a tailwind for 4 hours for a distance of 800 miles. The return trip with a headwind requires 5 hours. What is the speed of the aircraft?

Question 712825: An aircraft flies due east with a tailwind for 4 hours for a distance of 800 miles. The return trip with a headwind requires 5 hours. What is the speed of the aircraft?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An aircraft flies due east with a tailwind for 4 hours for a distance of 800 miles. The return trip with a headwind requires 5 hours. What is the speed of the aircraft?
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The airspeed is the average of the 2 groundspeeds.
Use
d = r*t
r = d/t to find the 2 groundspeeds.

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