document.write( "Question 987262: An airplane travels
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document.write( " hours and
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document.write( " with the wind in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #608149 by Alan3354(69443) You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane travels \n" ); document.write( "5175km \n" ); document.write( " against the wind in \n" ); document.write( "9 \n" ); document.write( " hours and \n" ); document.write( "6075km \n" ); document.write( " with the wind in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind? \n" ); document.write( "====================== \n" ); document.write( "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( "The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |