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Question 1046450: A plane traveling with the wind travels 1100 miles in 5 hours. The return trip is against the wind and takes 11 hours. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A plane traveling with the wind travels 1100 miles in 5 hours. The return trip is against the wind and takes 11 hours. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind.
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Find the 2 groundspeeds, downwind and upwind.
The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2.
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Windspeed is the difference between groundspeed and airspeed.
