SOLUTION: As shown in the video, the flight from Seattle to New York, with a tailwind, takes 5 hrs 15 min, and the return flight take 6 hrs 35 minutes. Since the flight time includes time to
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Question 1150597: As shown in the video, the flight from Seattle to New York, with a tailwind, takes 5 hrs 15 min, and the return flight take 6 hrs 35 minutes. Since the flight time includes time to taxi from and to the gate, we should subtract 45 minutes from each time to account for this. Not shown, I was able to find out the plane was scheduled to fly a 2468 mile flight path. Assuming the plane and wind speeds are constant during both flights, estimate the wind speed, to 1 decimal place. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the speed of plane in mi/hr with no wind
Let = the wind speed in mi/hr
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Flying with the wind:
(1)
Flying against the wind:
(2)
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(1)
(2)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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The plane's speed with no wind is 485.765 mi/hr
The wind speed is 62.679 mi/hr
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check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
Close enough
OK
