SOLUTION: An airplane travels 5432 km. On the outward trip it took 7 hours with the wind. On the return trip it took 8 hours against the wind. What was the speed of the plane and the speed o

Question 827151: An airplane travels 5432 km. On the outward trip it took 7 hours with the wind. On the return trip it took 8 hours against the wind. What was the speed of the plane and the speed of the wind?
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An airplane travels 5432 km. On the outward trip it took 7 hours with the wind. On the return trip it took 8 hours against the wind. What was the speed of the plane and the speed of the wind?
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d= r*t
r = d/t
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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Windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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