document.write( "Question 591077: If a plane can travel 500 miles per hour with the wind 400 miles per hour against the wind, find the speed of the plane without a wind and the speed of the wind? What is the speed of the plane in still air? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #375478 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! If a plane can travel 500 miles per hour with the wind 400 miles per hour against the wind, find the speed of the plane without a wind and the speed of the wind? What is the speed of the plane in still air? \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "The \"speed of the plane without a wind\" is called the airspeed, and it's the average of the 2 groundspeeds. \n" ); document.write( "------------- \n" ); document.write( "The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |