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document.write( "Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Windspeed is the difference between groundspeed and airspeed. </SPAN>\n" );
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