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document.write( "Find the 2 groundspeeds upwind and downwind using d = r*t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Windspeed = difference between airspeed and groundspeed.<BR>\n" );
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