SOLUTION: An airplane travels 2310 miles in 3.5 hours with the aid of a tail wind. It takes 4 hours for the return trip, flying against the same wind. Find the speed of the airplane in the s
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Question 994700: An airplane travels 2310 miles in 3.5 hours with the aid of a tail wind. It takes 4 hours for the return trip, flying against the same wind. Find the speed of the airplane in the still wind, and the speed of the wind. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the 2 groundspeeds, upwind and downwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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Windspeed = difference between airspeed and groundspeed.
