document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1189898>Question 1189898</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An airplane travels 6282 kilometers against the wind in 9 hours and 7992 kilometers with the wind in the same amount of time. What is the rate of the plane in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stillair and what is the rate of the wind? </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.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  Knots are the units for airspeed, windspeed and groundspeed everywhere on Planet Earth, not km/hr.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not worth a Master's thesis, IMO. </SPAN>\n" );
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