document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1010832>Question 1010832</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A light plane flew from its home base to an airport 255 miles away. With a head wind, the trip took 1.7 hours. The return trip with a tail wind took 1.5 hours. Find average airspeed of the plane and the average windspeed.  </SPAN>\n" );
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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 airspeed and groundspeed. </SPAN>\n" );
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