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"a light plane flew from its home base to an airport 225 miles away. with a ahead wind, the trip took 1.7 hours. find the average speed o
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Question 819715: i'm having a hard time with this one.
"a light plane flew from its home base to an airport 225 miles away. with a ahead wind, the trip took 1.7 hours. find the average speed of the plane and the average speed of the wind.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, stanbon:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"a light plane flew from its home base to an airport 225 miles away. with a ahead wind, the trip took 1.7 hours. find the average speed of the plane and the average speed of the wind.
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Not enough info to solve it.
The groundspeed = 225/1.7 mi/hr but nothing else can be determined.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"a light plane flew from its home base to an airport 225 miles away. with a ahead wind, the trip took 1.7 hours. find the average speed of the plane and the average speed of the wind.
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From home base DATA:
rate = 225/1.7 = 132.35 mph
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Comment: You need the time for the return flight because
you are asked to find two variables.
With that time you could get the return rate.
Then
p + w = rate with the wind
p - w = rate against the wind
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Solve for "p" and for "w".
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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