SOLUTION: A European Swallow flies into the wind from the castle of Uther Penn Dragon to Camelot while carrying a coconut. He flies 28 miles to Camelot in 2 hours, delivers the coconut and

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Question 1166039: A European Swallow flies into the wind from the castle of Uther Penn Dragon to Camelot while carrying a coconut. He flies 28 miles to Camelot in 2 hours, delivers the coconut and retrieves an identical coconut to carry back to the castle. He travels back the same distance (now with a tail wind) in 1.5 hours. What is the air speed of the laden swallow? What is the velocity of the wind?


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