SOLUTION: An airplane can cover a distance of 15,846 miles in 19 hours with a tailwind (with the wind) and a distance of 10,724 miles in 14 hours with a head wind (against the wind). Find th
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Question 563481: An airplane can cover a distance of 15,846 miles in 19 hours with a tailwind (with the wind) and a distance of 10,724 miles in 14 hours with a head wind (against the wind). Find the speed of the wind in miles per hour. Answer by mananth(16949) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! with wind speed = 834 mph
against wind speed= 766
Speed in still air = (834+766)/2 = 800 mph
so wind speed = 34 mph
