SOLUTION: A plane flew from Victoria to Calgary, a flying distance of 1260 km. On the return journey, due to a strong head wind, the average flying speed was 90 km/h slower than on the o

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Question 1032912: A plane flew from Victoria to Calgary, a flying distance of 1260 km. On the return journey, due to a strong head wind, the average flying speed was 90 km/h slower than on the outward journey. The time taken for the return journey was 20 minutes more than for the outward journey.
a) Calculate the time taken for the journey from Victoria to Calgary.
b) Calculate the average speed of the journey from Calgary to Victoria.

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