SOLUTION: a plane traveled 630 miles to toronto and back. the trip there was with the wind. it took 6 hours. the trip back was into the wind. the trip took 14 hours. what was the speed of th

Question 730077: a plane traveled 630 miles to toronto and back. the trip there was with the wind. it took 6 hours. the trip back was into the wind. the trip took 14 hours. what was the speed of the plane in still air? what was the speed of the wind?
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a plane traveled 630 miles to toronto and back. the trip there was with the wind. it took 6 hours. the trip back was into the wind. the trip took 14 hours. what was the speed of the plane in still air? what was the speed of the wind?
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Find the 2 groundspeeds. The plane's airspeed is the average of them.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.

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