SOLUTION: with a tail wind a light plane can fly 720 km in 2 hours going agaisnt the wind , the plane can fly the same distance in 3 hours . what is the wind and air speed

Question 748155: with a tail wind a light plane can fly 720 km in 2 hours going agaisnt the wind , the plane can fly the same distance in 3 hours . what is the wind and air speed
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with a tail wind a light plane can fly 720 km in 2 hours going agaisnt the wind , the plane can fly the same distance in 3 hours . what is the wind and air speed
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Find the 2 groundspeeds
720/2 = 360 km/hr
720/3 = 240 km/hr
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The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2 groundspeeds
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.

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