document.write( "Question 936772: a plane traveling with the wind can travel 1170 miles in 3 hours. Against the same wind the plane can travel 1550 miles in 5 hours. How fast are the plane and the wind traveling?> \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #570284 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind. \n" ); document.write( "The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2. \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed. \n" ); document.write( "================== \n" ); document.write( "No reason to make it a doctoral dissertation. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |