SOLUTION: Flying to Casablanca with a tailwind a plane averaged 188 km/h. On the return trip the plane only averaed 154 km/h while flying back into the same wind. Find the speed of the plane

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Question 923562: Flying to Casablanca with a tailwind a plane averaged 188 km/h. On the return trip the plane only averaed 154 km/h while flying back into the same wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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The plane's airspeed is the average of the 2 groundspeeds.
The windspeed is the difference between airspeed and groundspeed.