document.write( "Question 761508: with the tail wind a small airplane traveled 420 miles in 1 hour and 30 minutes the return trip against the same wind took 30 minutes longer find the wind speed and the air speed of the plane
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with the tail wind a small airplane traveled 420 miles in 1 hour and 30 minutes the return trip against the same wind took 30 minutes longer find the wind speed and the air speed of the plane
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\n" ); document.write( "The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
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